Xenuromys barbatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Hydromyini
Genus: Xenuromys
Species: Xenuromys barbatus

Name

Xenuromys barbatus (Milne-Edwards, 1900)

• Holotype: MNHN-ZM-MO-1900-398, ♂, mounted skin and skull, presented by Mantou.
• Type locality: “provient de la Nouvelle-Guineé anglaise. ... dans la partie haute du bassin de la rivière Aroa, à une altitude de 3,ooo à 7,000 pieds”.

Combinations

• Mus barbatus Milne-Edwards, 1900: 167 [original combination]
• Xenuromys barbatus — Tate, 1951: 284 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Xenuromys guba Tate & Archbold, 1941: 4
  • Holotype: AMNH 152043, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by W.B. Richardson on 14 April 1939.
  • Type locality: “Bernhard Camp, Idenburg River, Netherlands New Guinea; altitude 75 meters”.

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, A. 1900. Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Rongeurs (Muridés) originaires de la Nouvelle-Guinée méridionale. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 6: 165–167. BHL Reference page. 
• Tate, G.H.H. & Archbold, R. 1941. New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1101: 1–9. hdl: 2246/4714 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Rock-dwelling Giant Rat