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Bruijn's Pogonomelomys
Pogonomelomys bruijni (Peters & Doria, 1876)
Also calledalankopensashiiri (fin) · krzakorzyk nizinny (pol) · myš šupinoocasá (ces) · Равнинная мозаичнохвостая крыса (rus)
First described in: Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova vol.8 p.336
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: The lowland, larger-bodied morphological and phylogenetic counterpart of the highland P. mayeri. Aplin et al. (1999) reported material of this species from late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene archaeological sites on the Ayamaru Plateau, central Bird’s Head Peninsula of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: New Guinea; known only by 11 specimens from type locality and Vogelkop mainland in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya); lower Fly River, and low altitudes on Mt Bosavi and Mt Sisa in Papua New Guinea; not recorded higher than about 60 m (Menzies, 1990; Flannery, 1995 a: 312).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: W New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Pulau Salawati, off W coast of Vogelkop.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: The lowland morphological and phylogenetic counterpart of the highland P. mayeri.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438693.