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        A Review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with Description of a New Species from Southern New Guinea

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        OBJECT TYPE

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        ABSTRACT

        The murine rodent genus Microhydromys Tate and Archbold, 1941, includes the smallest of the native rodents of New Guinea and is the rarest Australo-Papuan rodent genus preserved in world museums. We discuss the morphological characteristics of Microhydromys and diagnose two species in the genus: M. richardsoni Tate and Archbold, 1941, distributed over northern New Guinea. and M. argenteus, n. sp., recorded from three localities in southern New Guinea. The only other species previously classified in the genus-Microhydromys musseri Flannery, 1989-is reallocated to the genus Pseudohydromys Rummler, 1934. The little available information relating to their biology indicates the species of Microhydromys to be terrestrial inhabitants of foothill and lower montane forest formations and probably naturally rare in those environments.

        DOI

        10.1206/632.1

        CITATION

        Helgen, Kristofer M., Leary, Tanya and Aplin, Kenneth P. 2010. A Review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with Description of a New Species from Southern New Guinea. American Museum Novitates, 3676: 1-22. doi:10.1206/632.1

        NAMES

        Aplin, Kenneth P. Helgen, Kristofer M. Leary, Tanya
        Author : Aplin, Kenneth P.
        Author : Helgen, Kristofer M.
        Author : Leary, Tanya

        Keywords

        Vertebrates Animals Natural History Zoology

        DATES

        2010s
        Year : 2010


        Additional Resource Information
        Record Link : https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/9633
        See others in : Vertebrate Zoology
        Record Id : SILSRO_81814


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