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--> GENUS Lorentzimys
SPECIES Lorentzimys nouhuysi
Author: | Jentink, 1911. | Citation: | Nova Guinea, 9: 166. | Common Name: | Long-footed Tree Mouse | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Noord (= Lorentz River), Bivak 2, 400 m. | Distribution: | New Guinea; Records are from S lowlands and middle altitudes, throughout Central Cordillera from N slopes of the Snow Mtns of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) in the west to Mt Dayman (Papua New Guinea) in the east, and the Torricelli Mtns (Flannery, 1995a:280); 30-2700 m; limits unknown. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Photograph, distributional and biological information provided by Flannery (1990b:197). Phallic morphology described by Lidicker (1968). Some authors recognized alticola as a species (Lidicker, 1968; Lidicker and Brylski, 1987; Tate, 1951), and Flannery (1995a:280) noted that "alticola differs in a number of ways from the typical form, and further research is needed to determine its true status." Chromosomal data (2n = 46) reported by Donnellan (1987). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
alticola Tate and Archbold, 1941
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