Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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Records of the Australian Museum
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
journal article
10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
2201-4349
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Uromys emmae
Groves & Flannery, 1994
Rec.Aust. Mus.
46(2): 159, figs 10–12, table 2. (
28 July 1994
).
Common name
. Emma’s Giant Rat.
Current name
.
Uromys emmae
Groves & Flannery, 1994
; following Musser & Carleton (2005).
Holotype
. M.7200 by original designation. Female adult, skull, study skin, collected by Col. C. B. Phillips, date of collection not recorded, specimen registered on
1 July 1946
.
Condition
. Damaged but intact cranium: fracture in the posterior end of both zygomatic arches, severe impact on post-orbital area has resulted in transverse fracture across frontals and damage to lateral walls of both orbits including partial disintegration of right orbital wall; all teeth are reinforced with glue; left dentary missing coronoid process; right dentary complete. Study skin missing right ear, tear above right eye has been stitched, left manus missing digit 1; otherwise in good condition.
Type locality
.
Owi Island
(
1°16'S
136°13'E
),
Schouten Island
Group
,
Cenderawasih
(formerly Geelvink)
Bay
,
Papua Province
,
Indonesia
.
Comments
. The description was based on
one specimen
and the species has not been reported since (Wright & Leary, 2016).