Taxonomy Profile: Coccymys (Menzies 1990)

Coccymys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Brush Mice []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Coccymys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Coccymys
Brush Mice |
Coccymys Direct Children(s):
Coccymys ruemmleri
(Tate and Archbold 1941)
Coccymys shawmayeri
(Hinton 1943)
Coccymys kirrhos
(Musser and Lunde 2009)
Coccymys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Coccymys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Coccymys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Coccymys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Coccymys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Darrin P. Lunde
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-12-09 / 2009-12-09
Article/Chapter Title:
Systematic reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and 'Melomys' albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of new taxa
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 329
Page(s):
1-139
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/003-0090
Notes:
Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6033
Reference for:
Coccymys
Coccymys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Coccymys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Pogonomys Division. A New Guinea Old Endemic. Analysis of immunological distances by Watts and Baverstock (1994a) for New Guinea murines indicated Coccymys (represented by C. ruemmleri) showed no clear affinities with any other genus but appeared to be a distinctive member of their 'Anisomys' clade (our Pogonomys Division). Sperm morphology of C. ruemmleri described by Breed and Aplin (1994) and its significance as a guide to relationships of Coccymys within endemic New Guinea murines outli...