Pseudohydromys
| Pseudohydromys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Pseudohydromys Rümmler, 1934 |
| Species | |
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Pseudohydromys eleanorae
Pseudohydromys ellermani | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mayermys Laurie & Hill, 1954 | |
Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species:[1]
- (Pseudohydromys berniceae) [2]
- (Pseudohydromys carlae) [2]
- Laurie's moss mouse (Pseudohydromys eleanorae) [2]
- One-toothed shrew mouse (Pseudohydromys ellermani)
- Mottled-tailed shrew mouse (Pseudohydromys fuscus)
- German's one-toothed moss mouse (Pseudohydromys germani)
- Eastern shrew mouse (Pseudohydromys murinus)
- Musser's shrew mouse (Pseudohydromys musseri)
- Western shrew mouse (Pseudohydromys occidentalis)
- Woolley's moss mouse (Pseudohydromys patriciae) [2]
- Southern small-toothed moss mouse (Pseudohydromys pumehanae) [2]
- White-bellied moss mouse (Pseudohydromys sandrae) [2]
It was not until a 2009 revision that a general idea of the true taxonomic content of this genus was realized.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Helgen, Kristofer M.; Helgen, Lauren E. (2009). "Chapter 8. Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Moss-mice of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 331: 230–313. doi:10.1206/582-8.1.
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