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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusPogonomelomys
Pogonomelomys bruijni
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bruijn's Pogonomelomys

Pogonomelomys bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876)

Also calledalankopensashiiri (fin) · krzakorzyk nizinny (pol) · myš šupinoocasá (ces) · Равнинная мозаичнохвостая крыса (rus)

First described in: Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova vol.8 p.336

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

COMMENTS: The lowland morphological and phylogenetic counterpart of the highland P. mayeri.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; known only by 11 specimens from type locality, Vogelkop mainland, lower Fly River, and low altitudes on Mt Bosavi and Mt Sisa in Papua New Guinea (Menzies, 1990).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

TYPE LOCALITY: W New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Pulau Salawati, off W coast of Vogelkop.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

materials_examined

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Sorong Div., Salawati Isl.

Order Rodentia (Part 5)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438693.