Pogonomelomys mayeri
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Pogonomelomys mayeri (Rothschild and Dollman 1932)
[Melomys] mayeri Rothschild and Dollman 1932, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1932 (353): 14.
Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Gebroeders Mtns, 5000 ft (1524 m).
Vernacular Names: Shaw Mayer's Pogonomelomys.
Distribution: New Guinea; mountains from Weyland Range in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to Wau region and Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea; not known from the Vogelkop in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) or the Owen Stanley Range in E Papua New Guinea; 400-1500 m.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Phallic morphology described by Lidicker (1968). Specimens of P. mayeri and P. bruijni were collected on Mt Sisa in the Kikori River Basin of S Papua New Guinea (Leary and Seri, 1997), but altitudinal relationships between the two there have not been published.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/2C348EB4120B919709732F5903914D34 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231539593 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Pogonomelomys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Rothschild and Dollman
- Species
- mayeri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pogonomelomys mayeri (and, 1932) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Dollman, G. 1932. Mammals collected by Lord Cranbrook and Captain F. Kingdon Ward in Upper Burma. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 145: 9 - 11.
- Leary, T., and L. Seri. 1997. An annotated checklist of mammals recorded in the Kikori River Basin, Papua New Guinea. Science in New Guinea, 23 (2): 79 - 100.