Pseudohydromys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Pseudohydromys
Species (12): P. berniceae – P. carlae – P. eleanorae – P. ellermani – P. fuscus – P. germani – P. murinus – P. musseri – P. occidentalis – P. patriciae – P. pumehanae – P. sandrae

Name

• Pseudohydromys Rümmler, 1934: 47

Type species: Pseudohydromys murinus Rümmler, 1934, by original designation and monotypy.

Synonyms

• Neohydromys Laurie, 1952: 311

Type species: Neohydromys fuscus Laurie, 1952, by original designation and monotypy.

• Mayermys Laurie & Hill, 1954: 133

Type species: Mayermys ellermani Laurie & Hill, 1954, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Rümmler, H. 1934. Eine neue Muridengattung aus dem Hochgebirge Neuguineas. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 9: 47–48. BHL Reference page. 
• Laurie, E.M.O. 1952. Mammals collected by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, 1932–1949. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 1(10): 271–318. BHL Reference page. 
• Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. British Museum: London. 175 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Helgen, K.M. 2005. A new species of murid rodent (genus Mayermys) from south-eastern New Guinea. Mammalian Biology 70(1): 61–67. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00176 Reference page. 
• Helgen, K.M. & Helgen, L.E. 2009. Chapter 8. Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). Pp. 230–313 in Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.). Systematic mammalogy: contributions in honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 450 pp. DOI: 10.1206/582-8.1 handle. Reference page. 
• Helgen, K.M., Leary, T. & Aplin, K.P. 2010. A review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with description of a new species from Southern New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 3676: 1–22. DOI: 10.1206/632.1 handle. Reference page. 

Links

• Pseudohydromys in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Moss-mice