Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Uromys porculus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Uromys porculus
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:
Uromys porculus
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:
Uromys porculus
Uromys porculus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Uromys porculus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Extinct. Probably extinct (see Flannery, 1995b)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Cyromys. Although originally described as a species of Uromys, it was transferred to Melomys (Ellerman, 1941; Rümmler, 1938), placed once more in Uromys (Tate, 1951), again put in Melomys (Laurie and Hill, 1954), and currently returned to Uromys (Flannery and Wickler, 1990; Groves and Flannery, 1994). Still known only by the holotype. Morphologically closely related to U. rex and U. imperator. Reviewed by Flannery (1995b)