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:
Pogonomys fergussoniensis
Pogonomys fergussoniensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pogonomys fergussoniensis: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Recognized as a species in Laurie and Hill's (1954) checklist, but treated as a distinct subspecies of P. loriae by Dennis and Menzies (1979) in their morphometric revision of Pogonomys and Chiruromys, and finally included in P. loriae (Flannery, 1990b, 1995a; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Flannery (1995b:149) listed it under P. loriae in his account of the Pogonomys on the D'Entrecasteaux Isls, but noted that 'fergussoniensis is very distinctive, being very large and having a reddish rather ...