Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1189
1531
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni
Musser 1981
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni
Musser 1981
,
Bull. Am.
Mus
. Nat. Hist., 169: 95
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
,
Nusa Tenggara
(Lesser Sunda Isls), Pulau
Flores
, Menggarai Province, Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia,
1 km
south of Lepa.
Vernacular Names:
Theodore Verhoeven's Papagomys
.
Distribution:
Known only from
Flores
Isl.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Extinct (but see comments).
Discussion:
Recorded only as subfossil fragments (3000-4000 years old), but possibly still living on
Flores
.