Coccymys kirrhos

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Hydromyini
Genus: Coccymys
Species: Coccymys kirrhos

Name

Coccymys kirrhos Musser & Lunde, 2009: 74

• Holotype: AMNH 158175 (original number 12256), adult ♂, skin, skull and partial postcranial skeleton, collected by Hobart M. Van Deusen on 29 May 1953.
• Type locality: “‘‘Top Camp’’ (09°49′S,149°16′E), 2230 m, north slopes of Mt. Dayman, Maneau Range (also spelled ‘‘Maneao’’) at the eastern end of the Owen Stanley Ranges, Milne Bay Province, eastern Papua New Guinea”.

References

Primary references

• Musser, G.G. & Lunde, D.P. 2009. Systematic review of New Guinea Coccymys and ‘‘Melomys albidens’’ with the descriptions of new taxa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 329: 1–139. DOI: 10.1206/635.1 ; hdl: 2246/6033 Reference page. 

Links

• Musser, G., Dando, T. & Kennerley, R. 2019. IUCN: Coccymys kirrhos  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T112391705A112391754. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T112391705A112391754.en. Accessed on 11 August 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Tawny Brush Mouse