Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Xenuromys barbatus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Xenuromys barbatus
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:
Xenuromys barbatus
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:
Xenuromys barbatus
Xenuromys barbatus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Xenuromys barbatus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: Leary and Seri (1997) reported a specimen taken at 600 m in karst limestone habitat in the Kikori River Basin of S Papua New Guinea. Very little is known about the actual distribution of this species on New Guinea and its natural history, other than it seems to reside in rocky habitats, is terrestrial, and may be frugivorous (Flannery et al., 1985). Aplin et al. (1999) reported a specimen of this species from a late Pleistocene archaeological site on the Ayamaru Plateau, central Bird's Head...