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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusBrassomys
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

White-toothed Coccymys

Brassomys albidens (Tate, 1951)

Also calledHvittannet Mosaikkrotte (nob) · Irianomysz białozębna (pol) · Neuguinea-Weifzahnmaus (deu) · Rat a dents blanches (fra) · irianinpöheikköhiiri (fin) · Белозубая голохвостая крыса (rus) · シロハメロミス (jpn)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

activity

Activity patterns. The somber coloration of the White-toothed Mouse suggests a nocturnal lifestyle.

Muridae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Habitat surrounding Lake Habbema and downslope in upper Bele River valley is mossy, upper montane forest dominated by Antarctic beech (Nothofagus, Nothofagaceae) that forms a narrow ecotone at ¢. 3100 m with subalpine coniferous forests and shrublands.

Muridae

biology_ecology

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Muridae

conservation

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List (as Coccymys albidens). The high-elevation habitats occupied by the White-toothed Mouse suffer little impact under traditional land-use patterns, but they are under potential impact from regional resource-development activities.

Muridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8286847.