Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Paulamys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Paulamys
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:
Paulamys
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:
Paulamys
Paulamys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Paulamys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Rattus Division. Phylogenetically most closely related to Sulawesian Bunomys as assessed by morphology (Kitchener et al., 1991a), and the Timorese Rattus timorensis as inferred from albumin immunology (Watts and Baverstock, 1994b); included in Bunomys by Corbet and Hill (1992). This postulated affinity between Paulamys and Bunomys needs testing by study of more extant specimens of P. naso in a phylogenetic context that would also compare the sample with species of native New Guinea, Nusa Te...