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Chiruromys Vates
''Chiruromys'' is a genus of Old World mouse that is restricted to New Guinea and the nearby islands of Goodenough Island, Goodenough, Fergusson Island, Fergusson, and Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea, Normanby. Characteristics These are small arboreal rats with long tails. Head and body is , tail is , and weight is .Nowak, 1999 The fur is grey to brown above with a white belly. They are restricted to forests where they spend all of their time in the canopy. They live in groups usually consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring (usually one to three) (Nowak, 1999). Classification Musser and Carleton (2005) considered ''Chiruromys'' to be a member of the ''Pogonomys'' Division within the Murinae along with the genera ''Pogonomys'', ''Hyomys'', ''Macruromys'', ''Mallomys'', ''Coccymys'', and ''Anisomys''. It is considered a New Guinea Old Endemic, part of the initial wave of murines colonizing the island. Species Genus ''Chiruromys'' *Greater tree mouse, ''Chiruromys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldfield Thomas
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appointed to the museum secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the zoological department in 1878. In 1891, Thomas married Mary Kane, daughter of Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet, Sir Andrew Clark, heiress to a small fortune, which gave him the finances to hire mammal collectors and present their specimens to the museum. He also did field work himself in Western Europe and South America. His wife shared his interest in natural history, and accompanied him on collecting trips. In 1896, when William Henry Flower took control of the department, he hired Richard Lydekker to rearrange the exhibitions, allowing Thomas to concentrate on these new specimens. Thomas viewed his taxonomy efforts from the scope of British impe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |