Leptomys Thomas 1897

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1350

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Leptomys Thomas 1897
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Leptomys Thomas 1897 View in CoL

Leptomys Thomas 1897 View in CoL , Ann. Mus . Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 18: 610.

Type Species: Leptomys elegans Thomas 1897

Species and subspecies: 3 species:

Species Leptomys elegans Thomas 1897

Species Leptomys ernstmayri Rummler 1932

Species Leptomys signatus Tate and Archbold 1938

Discussion: Xeromys Division. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics ( Musser, 1981 c). Microcomplement fixation of albumin studies ( Watts and Baverstock, 1994 a, 1995 b, 1996) and spermatozoal morphology ( Breed, 1997; Breed and Aplin, 1994) support membership of Leptomys in a larger clade containing members of our Hydromys , Xeromys , Pseudomys , and Uromys Divisions (the "Australasian clade" of Watts and Baverstock, 1995 b, 1996), excluding the New Guinea endemics in the Pogonomys Division (Anisomyini of Watts and Baverstock, 1994 a) and Lorenztimys Division. A derived cephalic arterial pattern, along with other morphological features, is shared by Leptomys , Pseudohydromys (which includes Mayermys and Neohydromys ), and Lorentzimys ( Musser and Heaney, 1992) . Certain phallic traits ( Lidicker and Brylski, 1987), also united Leptomys and Lorentzimys , but that association conflicts with analyses of albumin immunology (Watts and Baverstock, 1994) and spermatozoal structure ( Breed and Aplin, 1994). Chromosomal data provided by Donnellan (1987), but whether the sampled species was L. elegans or L. ernstmayri is unclear.

Most lists and faunal studies published since 1951 recognized only one species in Leptomys ( Flannery, 1990 b; Laurie and Hill, 1954; Menzies and Dennis, 1979; Tate, 1951), but Rümmler's (1938) revision in which he identified two species ( L. elegans and L. ernstmayri ), Tate and Archbold's (1938) description of a third ( L. signatus ), and a fourth being described elsewhere (Musser and Lunde, in ms.) accurately reflect the known diversity (Musser’s study of specimens in AMNH and BMNH) .

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Loc

Leptomys Thomas 1897

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Leptomys

Thomas 1897: 610
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