HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Macruromys
SPECIES Macruromys elegans
Author: | Stein, 1933. | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 8: 95. | Common Name: | Lesser Macruromys | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Kunupi, 1400-1800 m. | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Possibly endemic to Weyland Range. Still represented only by the type series, three females and a male collected in October, 1931 (Flannery, 1995a). |
|
|
|
|