''Pseudohydromys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
s in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
...
endemic to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
.
It contains the following species:
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Bishop's moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys berniceae'')
*
Huon small-toothed moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys carlae'')
[
* Laurie's moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys eleanorae'') ][
* One-toothed shrew mouse (''Pseudohydromys ellermani'')
* Mottled-tailed shrew mouse (''Pseudohydromys fuscus'')
* German's one-toothed moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys germani'')
* Eastern shrew mouse (''Pseudohydromys murinus'')
* Musser's shrew mouse (''Pseudohydromys musseri'')
* ]Western shrew mouse
The western shrew mouse (''Pseudohydromys occidentalis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an ...
(''Pseudohydromys occidentalis'')
* Woolley's moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys patriciae'') [
* Southern small-toothed moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys pumehanae'') ][
* White-bellied moss mouse (''Pseudohydromys sandrae'') ][
It was not until a 2009 revision that a general idea of the true taxonomic content of this genus was realized.
]
References
Rodent genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
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