Taxonomy Profile: Leptomys (Thomas 1897)

Leptomys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
New Guinean Water Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Leptomys: 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 : Leptomys
New Guinean Water Rats |
Leptomys Direct Children(s):
Leptomys elegans
(Thomas 1897)
Leptomys ernstmayri
(Rümmler 1932)
Leptomys signatus
(Tate and Archbold 1938)
Leptomys paulus
(Musser Helgen and Lunde 2008)
Leptomys arfakensis
(Musser Helgen and Lunde 2008)
Leptomys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Leptomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Leptomys
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:
Leptomys
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:
Leptomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., Kristfer M. Helgen, and Darrin P. Lunde
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-09-10 / 2008-09-10
Article/Chapter Title:
Systematic review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of two new species
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Museum Novitates, no. 3624
Page(s):
1-60
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0082
Notes:
Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5935
Reference for:
Leptomys
Leptomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Leptomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Xeromys Division. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c). Microcomplement fixation of albumin studies (Watts and Baverstock, 1994a, 1995b, 1996) and spermatozoal morphology (Breed, 1997; Breed and Aplin, 1994) support membership of Leptomys in a larger clade containing members of our Hydromys, Xeromys, Pseudomys, and Uromys Divisions (the 'Australasian clade' of Watts and Baverstock, 1995b, 1996), excluding the New Guinea endemics in the Pogonomys Division (Anisomyini of Watt...