Genus of rodents
Chiruromys |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Hydromyini |
Genus: | Chiruromys Thomas, 1888 |
Type species |
Chiruromys forbesi |
Species |
Chiruromys forbesi Chiruromys lamia Chiruromys vates |
Chiruromys is a genus of Old World mouse that is restricted to New Guinea and the nearby islands of Goodenough, Fergusson, and Normanby.
Characteristics
These are small arboreal rats with long tails. Head and body is 8.4–17.5 centimetres (3.3–6.9 in), tail is 12.8–24.5 centimetres (5.0–9.6 in), and weight is 23–122 grams (0.81–4.30 oz).[1] 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
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)
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Pogonomys Division | Abeomelomys | - Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)
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Anisomys | - Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)
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Brassomys | - White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)
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Chiruromys | - Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi)
- Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia)
- Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)
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Coccymys | |
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Hyomys (White-eared rats) | - Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani)
- Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)
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Macruromys (New Guinean rats) | - Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans)
- Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)
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Mallomys (Giant tree rats) | - De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis)
- Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung)
- Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap)
- Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi)
- Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
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Mammelomys | - Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)
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Pogonomelomys (Rummler's mosaic tailed rats) | - Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi)
- Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni)
- Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)
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Pogonomys (Prehensile-tailed rats) | - Champion's tree mouse (P. championi)
- D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis)
- Large tree mouse (P. loriae)
- Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus)
- Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)
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Xenuromys | - Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)
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Pseudomys Division | Conilurus | - Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)
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Leggadina | - Forrest's mouse (L. forresti)
- Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)
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Leporillus (Australian stick-nest rats) | - Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)
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Mastacomys | - Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)
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Mesembriomys (Tree rats) | - Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
- Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
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Notomys (Australian hopping mice) | - Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis)
- Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo)
- Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus)
- Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus)
- Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)
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Pseudomys (Australian native mice) | - Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus)
- Silky mouse (P. apodemoides)
- Plains rat (P. australis)
- Bolam's mouse (P. bolami)
- Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi)
- Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani)
- Little native mouse (P. delicatulus)
- Desert mouse (P. desertor)
- Smoky mouse (P. fumeus)
- Gould's mouse (P. gouldii)
- Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus)
- Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis)
- Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi)
- Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni)
- Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus)
- New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae)
- Western mouse (P. occidentalis)
- Hastings River mouse (P. oralis)
- Country mouse (P. patrius)
- Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis)
- Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)
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Zyzomys (Thick-tailed rats) | - Common rock rat (Z. argurus)
- Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini)
- Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis)
- Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus)
- Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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Taxon identifiers |
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Chiruromys | |
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