Macruromys major Rümmler 1935

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1353

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scientific name

Macruromys major Rümmler 1935
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Macruromys major Rümmler 1935 View in CoL

Macruromys major Rümmler 1935 View in CoL , Z. Saugetierk., 10: 105.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province, Kratke Mtns, Buntibasa Dist, 4000-5000 ft (1220-1524 m).

Vernacular Names: Greater Macruromys.

Distribution: New Guinea; known from a few mid-altitude localities (1200-1500 m) on N slopes of Snow Mtns in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) and Central Cordillera of Papua New Guinea to the Eastern Highlands Province, southeast to Mt. Simpson ( Flannery, 1990 b; 1995 a; Musser and Lunde, ms).

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Phallic morphology and its systematic significance described by Lidicker (1968). The scanty distributional and ecological information associated with M. major summarized by Flannery (1995 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Macruromys

Loc

Macruromys major Rümmler 1935

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Macruromys major

Rümmler 1935: 105
1935
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