Pogonomelomys ruemmleri Tate & Archbold, 1941
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Tate and Archbold (1941): Pogonomelomys ruemmleri. Am . Mus. Novit. 1101
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Muridae
- genus
- Coccymys
- species
- Coccymys ruemmleri
discussion
COMMENT: Includes Rattus shawmayeri Hinton, 1943; see George, 1978, in Tyler, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, R. Zool. Soc. S. Aust., p. 95. Probably merits distinct generic status (ACZ).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Interior New Guinea.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Djajawidjaja Div., N. slope Mt. Wilhelmina, Lake Habbema, 3225 m.