Shaw Mayer's Pogonomelomys
Pogonomelomys mayeri (Rothschild & Dollman, 1932)
Also calledPogonomys de Shaw Mayer (fra) · Shaw-Mayer-Mosaikschwanzratte (deu) · krzakorzyk dżunglowy (pol) · myš Mayerova (ces) · pensashiiri (fin) · Мозаичнохвостая крыса Майера (rus) · マイヤーヒゲメロミス (jpn)
First described in: Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1932 353 p.14
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Phallic morphology described by Lidicker (1968). Specimens of P. mayeri and P. bruijni were collected on Mt Sisa in the Kikori River Basin of S Papua New Guinea (Leary and Seri, 1997), but altitudinal relationships between the two there have not been published.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: New Guinea; mountains from Weyland Range in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to Wau region and Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea; not known from the Vogelkop in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) or the Owen Stanley Range in E Papua New Guinea; 400 - 1500 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Gebroeders Mtns, 5000 ft (1524 m).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; mountains from Weyland Range in Irian Jaya to Wau region in Morobe Prov. of Papua New Guinea; not known from farther east in Owen Stanley Range.
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 2438692.