Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Xeromys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Xeromys
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:
Xeromys
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:
Xeromys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Watts, Christopher H. S., and H. J. Aslin
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Australia
Page(s):
ix + 321
Publisher:
Angus & Robertson Publishers
Publication Place:
Australia
ISBN/ISSN:
0-207-14235-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Xeromys
Xeromys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Xeromys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Xeromys Division. Member of the Australian Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c:166) or Hydromyini of Baverstock (1984) and Lee et al. (1981). Xeromys is phylogenetically distantly related to Hydromys (Watts et al., 1992), and albumin immunology allies Xeromys with Crossomys (but see generic account), Leptomys, and Pseudohydromys (which includes Neohydromys and Mayermys) in a clade that is part of a larger assemblage, the Hydromyini, which contains genera in our Hydromys, Pseudomys, and Uromys Divis...