Paulamys naso (Musser 1981)
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Paulamys naso (Musser 1981) |
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[Floresomys] naso Musser 1981 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169: 112.
Type Locality: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Isls), Pulau Flores, Menggarai Province, Liang Toge, cave near Warukia, 1 km S Lepa.
Vernacular Names: Paula's Long-nosed Rat.
Distribution: Recorded only on Flores Isl.
Conservation: IUCN – Extinct (but see comments).
Discussion: Originally described from subfossil fragments ( Musser, 1981 c; Musser et al., 1986), but an extant specimen collected in tropical rainforest at 1600 m from SC Flores was referred to this species by Kitchener et al. (1991 a), who suggested it is closely related to Sulawesian Bunomys . Apparently P. naso is not uncommon in forested habitats between 1000 and 2000 m on Gunung Ranaka in West Flores (Kitchener and Yani, 1998; Kitchener et al., 1998).
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