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Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989
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Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989
Mallomys gunung Flannery, Aplin, and Groves 1989, Rec. Aust. Mus., 41: 101.
Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), 2 km E Mt Wilhelmina, 3800 m (Flannery et al., 1989, gave details).
Vernacular Names: Alpine Mallomys.
Distribution: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke); known only from vicinity of the type locality and Mt Carstenz (Flannery et al., 1989:97; Flannery, 1995 a:286).
Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Discussion: A very distinctive species known only by a few specimens collected between 3500 and 4050 m. On the N slopes of the Snow Mtns it is replaced at lower elevations by M. istapantap and M. rothschildi.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1356, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/51AAF144BC57D13EDAA9D4A5B40F6546 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231539515 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Flannery, Aplin, and Groves
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Mallomys
- Species
- gunung
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mallomys gunung Flannery, 1989 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Flannery, T. F., K. Aplin, C. P. Groves, and M. Adams. 1989. Revision of the New Guinean genus Mallomys (Muridae: Rodentia), with descriptions of two new species from subalpine habitats. Records of the Australian Museum, 41: 83 - 105.