Pogonomelomys bruijni
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Pogonomelomys bruijni (Peters and Doria 1876)
[Pogonomelomys] bruijni (Peters and Doria 1876), Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 8: 336.
Type Locality: W New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Pulau Salawati, off W coast of Vogelkop.
Vernacular Names: Bruijn's Pogonomelomys.
Synonyms: Pogonomelomys brassi Tate and Archbold 1941.
Distribution: New Guinea; known only by 11 specimens from type locality and Vogelkop mainland in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya); lower Fly River, and low altitudes on Mt Bosavi and Mt Sisa in Papua New Guinea; not recorded higher than about 60 m (Menzies, 1990; Flannery, 1995 a:312).
Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.
Discussion: The lowland, larger-bodied morphological and phylogenetic counterpart of the highland P. mayeri. Aplin et al. (1999) reported material of this species from late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene archaeological sites on the Ayamaru Plateau, central Bird’s Head Peninsula of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya).
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- 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/EE2A0EB28C15962E29E9B53E3FAB5A55 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231539592 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Peters and Doria
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Pogonomelomys
- Species
- bruijni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pogonomelomys bruijni (and, 1876) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Tate, G. H. H., and R. Archbold. 1941. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 31. New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates, 1101: 1 - 9.
- Menzies, J. I. 1990. A systematic revision of Pogonomelomys (Rodentia: Muridae) of New Guinea. Science in New Guinea, 16: 118 - 137.
- Aplin, K. P., J. M. Pasveer, and W. E. Boles. 1999. Late Quaternary vertebrates fom the Bird's Head Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, including descriptions of two previously unknown marsupial species. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 57: 351 - 387.