Species Pogonomys mollipilosus (Peters & Doria, 1880)
- Mus mollipilosus Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1881. Enumerazione dei mammiferi raccolti da O. Beccari, L.M. D'Albertis ed A.A. Bruijn nella Nuova Guinea propriamente detta. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 16: 665-707 pls 5-18 [698].
Type data:
Holotype MCG 3491 skin (wet) & skull, Katau [Mawatta], Papua New Guinea.
Generic Combinations
- Pogonomys mollipilosus (Peters & Doria, 1880). —
Tate, G.H.H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65 The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 183-430 [280]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Pogonomys macrourus Milne-Edwards, 1877. —
Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp. [542]
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894-1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (Eds). Mammal species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Baltimore (USA) : The Johns Hopkins University Press Vol. 2 Third edition, pp. i-xvi, 745-2142. [1441, 1443] (P. mollipilosus as a junior synonym)
Introduction
Specimens of this species from north-eastern Queensland were initially thought to be Pogonomys mollipilosus (Peters & Doria, 1880) by various authors including Watts & Aslin (1981), Winter (1983), and Mahoney & Richardson (1988). It was treated as P. macrourus (Milne Edwards 1877) by Musser & Carleton (2005) who placed P. mollipilosus as a junior synonym following Dennis & Menzies (1979). However it is now considered to be an undescribed species, see van Dyck & Strahan (2008) and Jackson & Groves (2015). We retain the species here as P. mollipilosus until work is undertaken to confirm its identity.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Iron Range, Cape York and Wet Tropics region, northern QLD; Papua New Guinea
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Dennis, E. & Menzies J.I. 1979. A chromosomal and morphometric study of Papuan tree rats Pogonomys and Chiruromys (Rodentia, Muridae). Journal of Zoology, London 189: 315-332
Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [201] (as Pogonomys sp.)
Mahoney, J.A. & Richardson, B.J. 1988. Muridae. pp.154-192 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 274 pp. [170-171]
Tate, G.H.H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65 The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 183-430 [280]
van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp. [680] (as Pogonomys sp.)
Winter, J.W. 1983. Prehensile-tailed Rats. pp.438-439 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Angus & Robertson.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURIDAE | 05-Nov-2024 | ADDED |