Uromys (Uromys) neobritannicus Tate and Archbold 1935
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Uromys (Uromys) neobritannicus Tate and Archbold 1935
Uromys (Uromys) neobritannicus Tate and Archbold 1935, Am. Mus. Novit., 803: 4.
Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., New Britain Isl.
Vernacular Names: New Britain Island Uromys.
Distribution: Endemic to New Britain Isl.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Uromys. Included in U. anak by Ziegler (1982 b:882) without explanation, but neobritannicus is diagnosed by distinctive external and cranial traits that are outside the range of morphological variation characteristic of U. anak (Groves and Flannery, 1994). Chromosomal data reported by Donnellan (1987). Still known only by a few specimens. Extensive survey of living and fossil mammals on nearby New Ireland did not yield the species, and Groves and Flannery (1994) think it unlikely that U. neobritannicus inhabits any of the smaller islands adjacent to New Britain.
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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/9625D3367C978F06024B963598F26633 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231539737 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Tate and Archbold
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Uromys
- Species
- neobritannicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Uromys (Uromys) neobritannicus and, 1935 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Tate, G. H. H., and R. Archbold. 1935. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 3. Twelve apparently new forms of Muridae other than Rattus from the Indo-Australian region. American Museum Novitates, 803: 1 - 9.
- Ziegler, A. C. 1982 b. An ecological check-list of New Guinea Recent mammals. Pp. 863 - 894, in Biogeography and ecology of New Guinea, vol. 2 (J. L. Gressitt, ed.). Monographiae Biologicae, 42: 1 - 983 [in 2 vols].
- Groves, C. P., and T. F. Flannery. 1994. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum, 46: 145 - 169.
- Donnellan, S. C. 1987. Phylogenetic relationships of New Guinean rodents (Rodentia, Muridae) based on chromosomes. Australian Mammalogy, 12: 61 - 67.