Paulamys naso

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: Paulamys
Species: Paulamys naso

Name

Paulamys naso (Musser, 1981)

• Holotype: RGM, adult indet., right dentary with a complete molar row and part of the incisor.
• Type locality: “Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km. south of Lepa, in Menggarai Province, western Flores”, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Floresomys naso Musser, 1981: 112 [original combination]
• Paulamys naso: Musser, 1986: 2, 3 [subsequent combination]

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: 171–189.
• Kitchener, D.J., Yani, M. & McCulloch, C. 1998. Aspects of the biology of Bunomys naso (Musser, 1986), a rare murid rodent from Flores Island, Indonesia. Tropical Biodiversity 5(1): 75–80.

Links

• Clayton, E. 2016. IUCN: Paulamys naso  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16426A22466182. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16426A22466182.en

Vernacular names

English: Paula’s Long-nosed Rat