Ernst Mayr's water rat
Ernst Mayr's Water Rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Leptomys |
Species: | L. ernstmayri |
Binomial name | |
Leptomys ernstmayri Rümmler, 1932 | |
Distribution map of L. ernstmayri and other species of Leptomys on New Guinea
Ernst Mayr's Water Rat (Leptomys ernstmayri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, named for evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr. It is found in the Foja Mountains of Papua Province, Indonesia, and in the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea.[1]
References
- ↑ 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: 1–60. doi:10.1206/587.1. hdl:10088/7873.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Leptomys ernstmayri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.