Pseudohydromys

Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species:[1]

• Bishop moss mouse (Pseudohydromys berniceae) [2]
• Huon small-toothed moss mouse (Pseudohydromys carlae) [2]
• Laurie's moss mouse (Pseudohydromys eleanorae) [2]
• 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 (Pseudohydromys occidentalis)
• Woolley's moss mouse (Pseudohydromys patriciae) [2]
• Southern small-toothed moss mouse (Pseudohydromys pumehanae) [2]
• White-bellied moss mouse (Pseudohydromys sandrae) [2]

Pseudohydromys Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Pseudohydromys Rümmler, 1934
Species
Pseudohydromys berniceae Pseudohydromys carlae Pseudohydromys eleanorae Pseudohydromys ellermani Pseudohydromys fuscus Pseudohydromys germani Pseudohydromys murinus Pseudohydromys musseri Pseudohydromys occidentalis Pseudohydromys patriciae Pseudohydromys pumehanae Pseudohydromys sandrae
Synonyms
Mayermys Laurie & Hill, 1954 Neohydromys Laurie, 1952

It was not until a 2009 revision that a general idea of the true taxonomic content of this genus was realized.

References

1. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Helgen, Lauren E. (2009). "Chapter 8. Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Moss-mice of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 331: 230–313. doi:10.1206/582-8.1.