HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Hyomys
SPECIES Hyomys dammermani
Author: | Stein, 1933. | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 8: 95. | Common Name: | Western Hyomys | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Kunupi Mtn. | Distribution: | New Guinea; from the Vogelkop region (Arfak Mtns), Weyland Range, and Snow Mtns in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) east along Central Cordillera to Schrader Range and the Mt Hagen and Nondugl region in Papua New Guinea; to the east it is apparently replaced by H. goliath. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Originally described as a subspecies of H. meeki (= H. goliath; Rummler, 1938; Stein, 1933), H. dammermani is a small-bodied species with only traces of white wisps about the ears. |
|
|
|
|