Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Paraleptomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Paraleptomys
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:
Paraleptomys
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:
Paraleptomys
Paraleptomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Paraleptomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Hydromys Division. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics (Musser, 1981c). Based on phallic and some cranial traits (Lidicker, 1968; Tate, 1951), Paraleptomys has traditionally been phylogenetically linked to Leptomys, which is more closely allied to Pseudohydromys (which includes Mayremys and Neohydromys), and Xeromys than to any member of the Hydromys Division (see account of Leptomys). Although cranial conformation is similar in Paraleptomys and Leptomys, the former is more like Hydromys ...