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GBIF·2438407speciesAnimalia29 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusPseudohydromys
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Eastern New Guinea Shrew Mouse

Pseudohydromys murinus Rümmler, 1934

Also calledOostelijke Neusmuis (nld) · Ostliche Moosmaus (deu) · Souris-musaraigne orientale (fra) · missiminnokkahiiri (fin) · myš novoguinejská (ces) · pyskomysz wschodnia (pol) · Восточная водяная крыса (rus) · ヒガシニセハナナガマウス (jpn)

First described in: Z. Säugetierk. vol.9 p.48

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: The scanty information available for distribution, ecology, and diet is summarized by Flannery (1995 a).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Papua New Guinea; known only from several localities around the Wau area in the east and the vicinity of Mt. Wilhelm in the west (Laurie, 1952; Flannery, 1995 a).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Wau area, Mt. Missim, 7000 ft (2135 m).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea; known only from the type locality and high slopes of Mt Wilhelm (Laurie, 1952).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438407.