Highland brush mouse
| Highland brush mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Abeomelomys Menzies, 1990 |
| Species: | A. sevia
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| Binomial name | |
| Abeomelomys sevia (Tate & Archbold, 1935)
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The highland brush mouse (Abeomelomys sevia), also known as the Menzies' mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, and is found in montane moss forests and in alpine zones over 2,000 m. It is the only species in the genus Abeomelomys, although it has been placed in Pogonomelomys in the past.
Names[]
It is known as ymgenm [jí.mɨŋɡé.nɨ́m] (or yamganm [já.mɨŋɡá.nɨ́m]) in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Helgen, K.; Leary, T. & Wright, D. (2016). "Abeomelomys sevia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T17879A22402392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17879A22402392.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew; Bulmer, Ralph (2011). A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Pacific Linguistics, 631. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. pp. 622, 636. ISBN 9780858836433.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- "Pogonomelomys sevia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
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