Leptomys paulus, Musser & Helgen & Lunde, 2008

Musser, Guy G., Helgen, Kristofer M. & Lunde, Darrin P., 2008, Systematic Review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of Two New Species, American Museum Novitates 3624 (1), pp. 1-60 : 8

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/587.1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D18791-BD26-FF82-FF54-A3F3FE1EFBEE

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Carolina

scientific name

Leptomys paulus
status

sp. nov.

Leptomys paulus View in CoL , n. sp.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

22. Central Province, Astrolabe Range, Kagi (on Kokoda Road, 09 ° 079S, 147 ° 369E), 1500 m ( AMNH 108451 About AMNH , 108452 About AMNH ) .

23. Milne Bay Province, Maneau Range, north slopes of Mount Dayman , (09 ° 499S, 149 ° 169E), 1370 m (Atairo ravine) and 1540 m (Number 2 Camp or Middle Camp) ( AMNH 158199–201 About AMNH , 158202 About AMNH [holotype of Leptomys paulus ]). These localities were described and mapped by Brass (1956) .

24. Milne Bay Province, Maneau Range, Agaun Region: Mount Waruman at Kamaya Village (09 ° 539S, 149 ° 229E), 1300 m ( AM M28879, M28880, M29306, M29308) ; near Munimun Village (09 ° 539S, 149 ° 239E), 1300 m ( AM M29301 View Materials , M29560, M29561) ; Dumae Creek, below Garitin Pass, on the road from Agaun to Bonenau (09 ° 539S, 149 ° 239E), ca. 1400 m ( CSIRO 29433 View Materials ), 1525 m ( BBM-NG 109273 ) ; Simun Creek, 1.6 km north and 1.0 km east of Agaun (09 ° 559S, 149 ° 249E), 1240 m ( BBM-NG 109514 , 109518 , 109522 ) ; Iana River (09 ° 539S, 149 ° 219E), 1500 m ( BBM-NG 109477–109480 ) . See Cole et al. (1997) for further details regarding BBM-NG specimens and collection localities.

AM

Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Leptomys

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