White-toothed brush mouse

White-toothed brush mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Brassomys
Musser & Lunde, 2009[2]
Species:
B. albidens
Binomial name
Brassomys albidens
(Tate, 1951)
Distribution of Brassomys albidens

The white-toothed brush mouse (Brassomys albidens), also known as the white-toothed melomys or white-toothed mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia.[2][1] It is the only species in genus Brassomys.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

The species was initially described in genus Melomys, but was then placed in the genus Coccymys.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Helgen, K.; Wright, D. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Brassomys albidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T5042A114119902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T5042A114119902.en.
  2. ^ a b c d Musser, Guy G.; Lunde, Darrin P. (2009). "Systematic Reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and "Melomys" Albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of New Taxa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 329: 1–139. doi:10.1206/635.1. S2CID 83872559.
  3. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Species Coccymys albidens". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.



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