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<emphasis id="A16B80B9E0553DF7D63E07460164BF16" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="71473EC04ADF3F79D035DD0A3472703B" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
Milne-Edwards 1877
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,
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C.
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. Acad. Sci. Paris, 85: 1081
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<emphasis id="3B9E8FF831DDE9DDBCE2C30C124172E6" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1440">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1C94513FA693F2CC4AD26886B6321B04" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Mus (Pogonomys) macrourus</emphasis>
Milne-Edwards 1877
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5 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="585BCD3BF6C2161E923E28C0732815CB" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys championi</emphasis>
Flannery 1988
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Species
<taxonomicName id="AE01A1914C872FE46433D204AB0CD8B1" authority="Laurie 1952" authorityName="Laurie" authorityYear="1952" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1440" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fergussoniensis">
<emphasis id="002250718217439FE76111F55921F690" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys fergussoniensis</emphasis>
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Species
<taxonomicName id="721C311686EE21AD5458FD795A471AB5" authority="Thomas 1897" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1897" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1440" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="loriae">
<emphasis id="994D9F7BEF2B7872C51004AE64DD7E51" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys loriae</emphasis>
Thomas 1897
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Species
<taxonomicName id="91AAB0C87E826E409AAFC5616EFC306D" authority="Milne-Edwards 1877" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1440" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrourus">
<emphasis id="F1BCF92DCB87951DF4A6001CB008DDE7" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys macrourus</emphasis>
Milne-Edwards 1877
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Species
<taxonomicName id="9C9BDF07B2504EB0E1B4662E2B823E23" authority="Thomas 1920" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1440" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sylvestris">
<emphasis id="398FF785625E6C0C35D4ACAF94CF3D69" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys sylvestris</emphasis>
Thomas 1920
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<emphasis id="FA25CD62B208C1FD74240C50EFFDEC0C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1440">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="09CB06D602DB506F3B58D6FDF794E1D2" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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Division. Member of the New
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and Australian Old Endemics (
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Musser, 1981
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). Analysis of immunological distances by
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Watts and Baverstock (1994
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)
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indicated
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<emphasis id="3B100DBCE1607F2264BB1F66AE41DBE4" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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to be related to
<taxonomicName id="E93B660E108F684F066012798E839D5D" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chiruromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A82C2A90D7B18C8157F8C0AE1780E6AF" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Chiruromys</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="0D17CB16071BD4D6B5EC963469D3ABC9" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Anisomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="72D553A0521303609CF3A893662DA14E" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Anisomys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="203FB4EE5E6AF1F27904B76347BA63F2" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Coccymys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="AEEE99962A3A043DE8C779EC3401D90E" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Hyomys</emphasis>
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, and possibly
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<emphasis id="CC70C493297155C398700DA72340F442" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Mallomys</emphasis>
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. Tates (1936) inclusion of
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<emphasis id="C1312FF9A9A536DFC64E43665C17FC4F" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(with
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<emphasis id="FBB1369CB85FA4DCFBF81917C8431CB5" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Chiruromys</emphasis>
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as a subgenus) in the Phloeomyinae along with
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<emphasis id="3CAEFF47B56558F5E6D06A6B95142CDD" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Chiropodomys</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="B1B9DA158F226104EBA871393083D440" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Crateromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="461FFBED640EDFC03CCF275FC2E77BD4" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Crateromys</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="2F5DF72F44720ADC640B069246BD134E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1898" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="97027284D11E1FBC86D276FDAD1E7905" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Lenomys</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="2E5C506CECB412FBDDCEEBDB82630382" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Mallomys</emphasis>
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, and
<taxonomicName id="A2F9A18CAC69958DCF4B8CAF682F347F" baseAuthorityName="Rickart and Musser" baseAuthorityYear="1993" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Phloeomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="87F5FC914A383D2024A957161B2B02B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Phloeomys</emphasis>
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(followed by
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) has no merit except for the link with
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<emphasis id="05A877B0126A94300CA5D5ED9AC8ACA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Mallomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DBD5DE84DD876CF8E0A822C9713C8786" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref93012" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1949 a. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. III, Appendix II [Notes on the rodents from Madagascar in the British Museum, and on a collection from the island obtained by Mr. C. S. Webb]. British Museum (Natural History), London, 210 pp." year="1949">
Ellerman, 1949
<emphasis id="C053DD6FD5F327EC3E8D6D2DCD7D8709" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">a</emphasis>
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; our research). A chromosomal and morphometric study, which separated species of
<taxonomicName id="44FAA63528BC4694745BBF328265E285" authorityName="Milne-Edwards" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4BBE44249916D0B05717E504446BC1CB" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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from those of
<taxonomicName id="E078A805D653811DFDF935545FED7AB9" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chiruromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="510A0C842369941001339F04C63D030A" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Chiruromys</emphasis>
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, was offered by
<bibRefCitation id="384C1C3A09C6F36C01DAC6A6CC2D4A92" author="Menzies, J. I. &amp; E. Dennis" refId="ref237976" refString="Menzies, J. I., and E. Dennis. 1979. Handbook of New Guinea rodents. Handbook, Wau Ecology Institute, 6: 1 - 68." year="1979">Dennis and Menzies (1979)</bibRefCitation>
. Additional chromosomal data reported by
<bibRefCitation id="8DCCD4F6EFDEC6C44DB85EB04F967F7A" author="Donnellan, S. C." refId="ref87852" refString="Donnellan, S. C. 1987. Phylogenetic relationships of New Guinean rodents (Rodentia, Muridae) based on chromosomes. Australian Mammalogy, 12: 61 - 67." year="1987">Donnellan (1987)</bibRefCitation>
.
<taxonomicName id="BACAEFC41F65642299430494A2D2F131" authorityName="Laurie" authorityYear="1952" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Pogonomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fergussoniensis">
<emphasis id="0377ED9E58B73AAE5D30CF5AC9F31D5A" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys fergussoniensis</emphasis>
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is endemic to the DEntrecasteaux Isls; all other species are recorded only from mainland localities on New
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and
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.
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We list five species of
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<emphasis id="B534FC6B3B1621FEC98B9060D60CF8E9" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
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, another undescribed species is endemic to the Snow Mtns in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) (Musser and Lunde, in ms.), and there is possibly a seventh that has yet to be named occurring in NE coastal Queensland (in rainforests of Cape York Peninsula and farther south in the wet tropics between Cooktown and Townsville;
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, and
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).
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catalogued taxonomic, distributional, and biological references for the Australian sample, which was identifed as
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<emphasis id="E4A1AFE600343C11CF4ABF3A0DC9E864" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. mollipilosus</emphasis>
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by
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and reviewed under that name by
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. The
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of
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<emphasis id="18054DCF47DB85731890B3E6D1BC2A31" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">mollipilosus</emphasis>
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, however, was obtained near Daru on the south coast of the Trans-Fly region of S New
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and is an example of
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<emphasis id="E1F88D641B333116DB3A751E9FDC75B4" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
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, which is known only from mainland New
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(see account of that species). The Australian
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has a much larger body and longer tail than does
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<emphasis id="DCB5329F6E742ADD91BBC4B76B1CA991" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
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(compare measurements for the Australian sample listed in
<bibRefCitation id="77FB64398C094DC7BF675D025943D974" author="Winter, J. W. &amp; D. Whitford" refId="ref392153" refString="Winter, J. W., and D. Whitford. 1995. Prehensile-tailed rat, Pogonomys mollipilosus. Pp. 643 - 645, in Mammals of Australia (R. Strahan, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 756 pp." year="1995">Winter and Whitford, 1995:643</bibRefCitation>
, with those of New
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<emphasis id="44EC0B6489D0831245F8F75466398880" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
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given by Flannery, 1995
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), dark brownish gray upperparts and pure white underparts (bright reddish brown dorsal fur in
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<emphasis id="ABC78BBBEDE33DF6FDD15AD256D2987E" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
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), and does not appear to represent
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<emphasis id="B2536E1FCDD14F1E98328B782C8CB8AD" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
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. Its body size, tail length, and fur coloration recall the New
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<emphasis id="EEF40225E709752E92E23733A7C48EFD" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. loriae</emphasis>
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, a generally montane inhabitant (see account of that species), but it averages smaller in those external dimensions (contrast measurements listed by Winter and Whitford with those for
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<emphasis id="03635E4C09BBDCAE618D783FAF52F3ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. loriae</emphasis>
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presented by Flannery, 1995
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:316). Furthermore, it seems biogeographically implausable that
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<emphasis id="A07108CD8BD8B6E27D304A8911C2D749" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. loriae</emphasis>
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also occurs in NE Queensland. No other species of nonvolant mammal that is endemic to the Australian-New
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region exhibits such a distribution. The typically Australian species that also occur in New
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are known only from the Trans-Fly region, not the Central Cordillera or outlying mountain ranges (
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). The Australian
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<emphasis id="892C793524D08C385D3F7E294582B31D" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">Pogonomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most likely a separate species from the New
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representatives, and its alliance needs to be determined by careful comparison with samples of
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<emphasis id="8F49607ED5DC5C2837507A2E8CC2B2BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="919C5CB2FBD2DF32DD01F98A0717C804" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. loriae</emphasis>
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; at that time perhaps the
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of
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<emphasis id="57BCB26E19207B1604FBED0C30F4FF7A" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">mollipilosus</emphasis>
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should be reexamined. We are satisfied that it represents
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<emphasis id="30F8C2B8BCAC0828BEAAF43C08DFBB6B" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">P. macrourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as is explained in the account of that species), but
<bibRefCitation id="0F4F489AFC5AF2ADC3E8E7535166FA5E" author="Menzies, J. I. &amp; E. Dennis" refId="ref237976" refString="Menzies, J. I., and E. Dennis. 1979. Handbook of New Guinea rodents. Handbook, Wau Ecology Institute, 6: 1 - 68." year="1979">Dennis and Menzies (1979:322)</bibRefCitation>
were not as sure and cautioned that &quot;The possibility that
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<emphasis id="6FB0B098056095921A5E320840DC8172" italics="true" pageNumber="1440">mollipilosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an Australian species occurring in New
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only in the lower Fly River region cannot be ignored.&quot;
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.
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