Paulamys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

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Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Paulamys
Species (1): P. naso

Name

Paulamys Musser in Musser, Van den Weerd & Strasser, 1986: 2 [nomen substitutum]

• Type species: Floresomys naso Musser, 1981, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Floresomys Musser, 1981: 111 [nomen praeoccupatum pro †Floresomys Fries, Hibbard & Dunkle, 1955]
  • Type species: Floresomys naso Musser, 1981, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Musser, G.G. 1981. The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 169: 67–176. hdl: 2246/568 Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G., Van den Weerd, A. & Strasser, E. 1986. Paulamys, a replacement name for Floresomys, 1981 (Muridae), and new material of that taxon from Flores, Indonesia. American Museum Novitates 2850: 1–10. hdl: 2246/5247 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kitchener, D.J., How, R.A. & Maharadatunkamsi 1991. Paulamys sp. cf. P. naso (Musser, 1981) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia – description from a modern specimen and a consideration of its phylogenetic affinities. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 171–189. BHL Reference page.