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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Chiruromys
SPECIES Chiruromys lamia
| Author: | Thomas, 1897. | | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 18: 615. | | Common Name: | Broad-headed Chiruromys | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Central Province, lower Kemp Welch River, Ighibirei (see Thomas, 1897a:4, for details). | | Distribution: | Mainland Papua New Guinea; known only from the Owen Stanley Range in SE Papua, from 1200 to 2300 m (Flannery, 1995a; specimens in AMNH, BMNH). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Occurs in the same general mainland region as C. forbesi, but replaces it at higher elevations. Specimens and habitat on eastern flanks of Mount Dayman discussed by Cole et al. (1997). |
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