Taxonomy Profile: Pseudohydromys (Rümmler 1934)

Pseudohydromys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Mayermys
Laurie and Hill 1954
Neohydromys
Laurie 1952
Common Name(s):
New Guinean Shrew Mice []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Pseudohydromys: 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 : Pseudohydromys
New Guinean Shrew Mice |
Pseudohydromys Direct Children(s):
Pseudohydromys murinus
(Rümmler 1934)
Pseudohydromys ellermani
(Laurie and Hill 1954)
Pseudohydromys fuscus
(Laurie 1952)
Pseudohydromys berniceae
(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)
Pseudohydromys eleanorae
(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)
Pseudohydromys patriciae
(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)
Pseudohydromys musseri
(Flannery 1989)
Pseudohydromys sandrae
(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)
Pseudohydromys germani
(Helgen 2005)
Pseudohydromys pumehanae
(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)
Pseudohydromys carlae
(Helgen and L Helgen 2009)
Pseudohydromys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Pseudohydromys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Pseudohydromys
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:
Pseudohydromys
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:
Pseudohydromys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Helgen, Kristofer M., and Lauren E. Helgen / Voss, Robert S., and Michael D. Carleton, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-12-15 / 2009-12-15
Article/Chapter Title:
Chapter 8. Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Moss-mice of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 331. Systematic Mammalogy: Contributions in Honor of Guy G. Musser
Page(s):
230-313
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0090
Notes:
Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6035 ; doi: 10.1206/582-8.1
Reference for:
Pseudohydromys
Pseudohydromys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pseudohydromys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Xeromys Division. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c). Species of Pseudohydromys, Neohydromys, and Mayermys are all terrestrial, primarily insectivorous, small-bodied shrew mice living in mountain forests of New Guinea. They share dense, velvety fur, generally similar cranial conformation (see photographs in Laurie and Hill [1954] and Flannery [1995a:plates 22-23]), spacious postglenoid and middle lacerate foramina, derived configuration of cephalic arterial pattern (Musse...