Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Crossomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Crossomys
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:
Crossomys
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:
Crossomys
Crossomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Crossomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Hydromys Division. Member of New Guinea Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c). Based on phallic morphology, Lidicker (1968) speculated that C. moncktoni is not closely related to Hydromys, an affinity supported by microcompliment fixation of albumin that instead clusters Crossomys with Leptomys, Xeromys, and Pseudohydromys (which includes Mayermys and Neohydromys), an assemblage that albumin immunology indicated is part of a larger clade containing members of our Hydromys, Pseudomys, and Uromys Divi...