Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Microhydromys richardsoni
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Microhydromys richardsoni
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:
Microhydromys richardsoni
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:
Microhydromys richardsoni
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Helgen, Kristofer M., Tanya Leary, and Kenneth P. Aplin
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2010-03-04 / 2010-03-04
Article/Chapter Title:
A review of Microhydromys (Rodentia, Murinae), with description of a new species from southern New Guinea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Museum Novitates, no. 3676
Page(s):
1-22
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/003-0082
Notes:
Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6039
Reference for:
Microhydromys richardsoni
Microhydromys richardsoni: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Microhydromys richardsoni: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: The smallest-bodied of New Guinea's endemic murids, the only one among members of the Hydromys and Xeromys Divisions with longitudinally grooved upper incisors, and known only by five specimens (Flannery, 1995a). Distributional and biological data summarized by Flannery (1989, 1990b, 1995a). In its morphological structure, M. richardsoni is a miniature version of Hydromys but with grooved upper incisors and strictly terrestrial rather than amphibious habitus. It also possesses the primitive...