Highland brush mouse
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| Highland Brush Mouse | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Abeomelomys Menzies, 1990 |
| Species: | A. sevia |
| Binomial name | |
| Abeomelomys sevia (Tate & Archbold, 1935) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pogonomelomys sevia | |
The Highland Brush Mouse, also known as the Menzies' Mouse,[1] (Abeomelomys sevia) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea. It is the only species in the genus Abeomelomys, although it has been placed in Pogonomelomys in the past.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Seri, L., Allison, A. & Aplin, K. (2008). Abeomelomys sevia. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (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.
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