Hyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards 1900)

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 : 1338

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11334735

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scientific name

Hyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards 1900)
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Hyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards 1900) View in CoL

[Hyomys] goliath (Milne-Edwards 1900) View in CoL , Bull. Mus . Hist. Nat. Paris, 6: 165.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Central Province, highlands of Aroa River basin.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Hyomys.

Synonyms: Hyomys meeki Thomas 1904 ; Hyomys strobilurus Rümmler 1933 .

Distribution: Papua New Guinea; Central Cordillera from the Kratke Mtns in the north and Mt Sisa in the south ( Leary and Seri, 1997) eastward to Mt Dayman at the end of the Owen Stanley Range, south to mountains of Milne Bay Province, and mountains of Huon Peninsula.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: This is the larger-bodied species with prominent white auricular tufts that is identified as meeki in the older literature.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Hyomys

Loc

Hyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards 1900)

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

[Hyomys] goliath (Milne-Edwards 1900)

Milne-Edwards 1900: 165
1900
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