Coccymys Menzies 1990

Coccymys Menzies 1990, Science in New Guinea, Vol. 16: 132.

Type Species: Pogonomelomys ruemmleri Tate and Archbold 1941

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Coccymys albidens (Tate 1951)

Species Coccymys ruemmleri (Tate and Archbold 1941)

Discussion: Pogonomys Division. A New Guinea Old Endemic. Analysis of immunological distances by Watts and Baverstock (1994 a) for New Guinea murines indicated Coccymys (represented by C. ruemmleri) showed no clear affinities with any other genus but appeared to be a distinctive member of their " Anisomys " clade (our Pogonomys Division). Sperm morphology of C. ruemmleri described by Breed and Aplin (1994) and its significance as a guide to relationships of Coccymys within endemic New Guinea murines outlined by Breed (1997). Our allocation to the Pogonomys Division is provisional pending phylogenetic analyses incorporating a wide array of morphological data sets combined with a range of different gene sequences.