Pseudohydromys
Genus of rodents
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Pseudohydromys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae endemic to New Guinea. It contains the following species:[1]
- Bishop's 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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Pseudohydromys Rümmler, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudohydromys murinus | |
| Species | |
|
Pseudohydromys berniceae
Pseudohydromys carlae
Pseudohydromys eleanorae
Pseudohydromys ellermani | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mayermys Laurie & Hill, 1954 | |
It was not until a 2009 revision that a general idea of the true taxonomic content of this genus was realized.
