White-bellied moss mouse

White-bellied moss mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Therapsida
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Pseudohydromys
Species: P. sandrae
Binomial name
Pseudohydromys sandrae
Helgen & Helgen, 2009

The white-bellied moss mouse, (Pseudohydromys sandrae), is a species of mouse endemic to Papua New Guinea. It was first described in 2009.[1] The type specimen was an adult male found between 800–850 m, in Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Helgen, Lauren E. (2009). "Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Moss-Mice of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 230–313. doi:10.1206/582-8.1.

External links

Data related to White-bellied moss mouse at Wikispecies


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