Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Leptomys ernstmayri
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Leptomys ernstmayri
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 ernstmayri
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 ernstmayri
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 ernstmayri
Leptomys ernstmayri: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Leptomys ernstmayri: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: A distinctive species distinguished from L. elegans by the diagnostic morphological traits and altitudinal distributions that were carefully enumerated by Rümmler (1932). It is much smaller in body size and replaces L. elegans at high altitudes in tropical montane rainforest formations; in the Astrolabe Range, for example, L. ernstmayri displaces L. elegans at elevations above 1000 m (Musser and Lunde, in ms.). Usually misidentified as L. elegans in museum collections. The sample from Arfak...