Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Heimyscus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Heimyscus
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:
Heimyscus
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:
Heimyscus
Heimyscus: Geographic Information
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Heimyscus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Stenocephalemys Division. A distinctive genus formerly phylogenetically allied with Hylomyscus. DNA/DNA hybridization experiments, for example, place Heimyscus fumosus closer to Hylomyscus stella than to the species of Praomys, Myomyscus, and Mastomys examined (Chevret et al., 1994), which is reflected by nuclear IRBP sequences in which Heimyscus fumosus joins H. stella and H. parvus in a monophyletic group (Lecompte, 2003). Analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, however, indica...