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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Chiruromys
SPECIES Chiruromys vates
| Author: | Thomas, 1908. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 495. | | Common Name: | Lesser Chiruromys | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Upper St. Joseph's River (= Angabunga River), Madeu, 50 m NE Hall Sound, 2000-3000 ft (610-915 m). | | Distribution: | Mainland Papua New Guinea; S side of Central Cordillera, from Lake Murray area in the Trans-Fly region (Western Province) east to the Kokoda Gap region near type locality; sea level to 1500 m (Flannery, 1990b, 1995a). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
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