Highland brush mouse
Species of rodent
| Highland brush mouse | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Abeomelomys Menzies, 1990 |
| Species: | A. sevia |
| Binomial name | |
| Abeomelomys sevia (Tate & Archbold, 1935) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The highland brush mouse (Abeomelomys sevia), also known as the Menzies' mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands (Papua New Guinea) where it is found in montane moss forests and in alpine zones over 2,000 m. It is the only species in the genus Abeomelomys, although it has been placed in Pogonomelomys in the past.
Names
It is known as ymgenm [jí.mɨŋɡé.nɨ́m] (or yamganm [já.mɨŋɡá.nɨ́m]) in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
- ^ a b Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Abeomelomys sevia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17879A22402392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17879A22402392.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew; Bulmer, Ralph (2011). A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Pacific Linguistics, 631. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. pp. 622, 636. ISBN 9780858836433.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- "Pogonomelomys sevia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- v
- t
- e
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)
Division
| Abeomelomys |
|
|---|---|
| Anisomys |
|
| Brassomys |
|
| Chiruromys |
|
| Coccymys |
|
| Hyomys (White-eared rats) |
|
| Macruromys (New Guinean rats) |
|
| Mallomys (Giant tree rats) |
|
| Mammelomys |
|
| Pogonomelomys (Rummler's mosaic tailed rats) |
|
| Pogonomys (Prehensile-tailed rats) |
|
| Xenuromys |
|
Division
| Conilurus |
|
|---|---|
| Leggadina |
|
| Leporillus (Australian stick-nest rats) |
|
| Mastacomys |
|
| Mesembriomys (Tree rats) |
|
| Notomys (Australian hopping mice) |
|
| Pseudomys (Australian native mice) |
|
| Zyzomys (Thick-tailed rats) |
|
- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
 | This Murinae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
