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
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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...