Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Stenomys niobe

Description

Stenomys niobe (Thomas, 1906). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17:327.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Angabunga River, Owgarra, 2750 m.

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea, nearly all montane regions, including the Huon Peninsula (see map in Taylor et al., 1982:191).

SYNONYMS: arfakiensis, arrogans, clarae, haymani, klossi, pococki, rufulus, stevensi.

COMMENTS: Revised by Taylor et al. (1982), who recognized two distinct subspecies, arrogans and niobe. Flannery (19906:241), however, noted that unpublished results from biochemical studies indicated that two species are present in what Taylor et al. (1982) defined as a single species, one at high altitudes, the other at lower altitudes. Chromosomal morphology presented by Dennis and Menzies (1978). Phallic anatomy discussed by Lidicker (1968).

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Stenomys
Species
niobe
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Stenomys niobe (Thomas, 1906) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Taylor, J. M., J. H. Calaby, and H. M. Van Deusen. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 173: 177 - 336.
  • Dennis, E., and J. I. Menzies. 1978. Systematics and chromosomes of New Guinea Rattus. Australian Journal of Zoology, 26: 197 - 206.