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Brass's Pogonomelomys
Pogonomelomys brassi Tate & Archbold, 1941
Also calledBrass-Mosaikschwanzratte (deu) · Pogonomys de Brass (fra) · krzakorzyk szary (pol) · ヒゲメロミス (jpn)
The grey pogonomelomys (Pogonomelomys brassi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Lowland tropical moist gallery and hill forests, atelevations from sea level to 600 m. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. Brass’s Brush Mouse is probably arboreal, nesting in tree hollows. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Brass’s Brush Mouse has a relatively wide distribution and is not known to be facing any major threats, although it is sensitive to human disturbance. Virtually nothing is known of this species, and further research is needed in order fully to understand its natural history and evolution, and to detect any potential threats.
Muridae
discussion
Bibliography. Flannery (1995 b), Helgen (2007 a), Helgen et al. (2017), Menzies (1990), Musser & Carleton (2005), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
Muridae
discussion
The exact relationships of Pogonomelomys within Hydromyini are uncertain, and further genetic studies are needed. P. brassi was originally described as a subspecies of P. bruynii, but is here recognized as a distinct species. Monotypic.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pogonomelomys brassi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5786723.