Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Chiruromys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Chiruromys
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:
Chiruromys
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:
Chiruromys
Chiruromys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Chiruromys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Pogonomys Division. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c). This group of arboreal species was united with Pogonomys as a subgenus (Laurie and Hill, 1954; Tate, 1951; Thomas, 1897a) until the chromosomal and morphometric study by Dennis and Menzies (1979) demonstrated how different Chiruromys is compared to Pogonomys. The closest phylogenetic relative was thought to be Pogonomys, as assessed by morphology (for example, Tate, 1951); analysis of microcomplement fixation of albu...