White-toothed brush mouse
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| White-toothed brush mouse | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Brassomys Musser & Lunde, 2009[2] |
| Species: | B. albidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Brassomys albidens (Tate,1951)
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Thewhite-toothed brush mouse(Brassomys albidens), also known as thewhite-toothed melomysorwhite-toothed mouse,is a species ofrodentin the familyMuridae.[2]It is found only inWest Papua,Indonesia.[2][1]It is the only species in genusBrassomys.[2]Its naturalhabitatsare subtropical or tropical dryforestsand subtropical or tropical dry lowlandgrassland.
The species was initially described in genusMelomys,but was then placed in the genusCoccymys.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abHelgen, K.; Wright, D. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]."Brassomys albidens".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T5042A114119902.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T5042A114119902.en.
- ^abcdMusser, Guy G.; Lunde, Darrin P. (2009). "Systematic Reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and" Melomys "Albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of New Taxa".Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.329:1–139.doi:10.1206/635.1.S2CID83872559.
- ^Musser, G. G.;Carleton, M. D. (2005)."SpeciesCoccymys albidens".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.pp. 894–1531.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
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