A Review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with Description of a New Species from Southern New Guinea
Author
Helgen, Kristofer M.
Author
Leary, Tanya
Author
Aplin, Kenneth P.
text
American Museum Novitates
2010
2010-03-04
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/632.1
journal article
10.1206/632.1
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Microhydromys argenteus
,
n. sp.
(3 localities)
5.
Papua New Guinea
,
Southern Highlands Province
: Mt. Sisa (
5
Mt. Haliago, circa
06
°
09
9
S
,
142
°
45
9
E
), southern slopes,
1450 m
(AM
M14166
, skin and skull).
Dwyer (1990)
and
Leary and Seri (1997)
provided a map and other relevant information for Mount Sisa; see also
Dwyer (1983
,
1984
) and
Plowman (1983)
for commentary regarding this site’s ecological context.
6.
Papua New Guinea
,
Gulf Province
:
10 km
northeast of the village of
Faia
(
7
°
08
9
S
,
143
°
37
9
E
),
380 m
, Darai Plateau (
UPNG 4310
, fluid specimen). See below and Leary (2004) for more detailed discussion about this site
.
7.
Papua New Guinea
, Central Province: Sirinumu Dam (Lake Sirinumu),
550 m
, Sogeri Plateau (BBM-NG 60202, skin and skull). This is the
type
locality of
M. argenteus
,
n. sp.
Lake Sirinumu is a manmade reservoir (
Chambers, 1987
); for other information on the area see also Aplin et al. (in review) and
Berra et al. (1975)
.