Bishop Moss Mouse
Pseudohydromys berniceae Helgen & L.Helgen, 2009
Also calledBishop-Moosmaus (deu) · Souris-musaraigne de Bishop (fra) · pyskomysz leśna (pol)
First described in: Helgen, Kristofer M., and Lauren E. Helgen / Voss, Robert S., and Michael D. Carleton, eds. (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, No. 331. Systematic Mammalogy: Contributions in Honor of Guy G. Musser.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Body proportions suggest terrestrial lifestyle, and entirely dark color suggests nocturnal activity.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. All records are from evergreen tropical forest, ranging from hill forest on Mount Pekopekowana to lower montane rainforest on Simpson and Obree mountains; recorded at elevations of 590 - 1570 m.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
breeding
Breeding. The low mammary formula (two pairs) indicates small litter size. Holotype was a pregnant female with two embryos.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7821810.