Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 673

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scientific name

Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889
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Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889 View in CoL . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889:248.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Mackay .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia; C and S Queensland, North Stradbroke Island off the coast of SE Queensland ( Van Dyck et al., 1979), Northern Territory, and Melville Island off the coast of Northern Territory; probably has a wider range ( Watts and Aslin, 1981).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Rare.

COMMENTS: Closely associated with tidal mangrove swamps and still known only by small samples, most of which have been collected since 1970 ( Dwyer et al., 1979; Van Dyck et al., 1979; Watts and Aslin, 1981). Morphology of sperm head structure and male reproductive tract studied by Breed (1984, 1986) in context of comparative study among Australian murines. Chromosomal complement similar to that of Hydromys chrysogaster ( Baverstock et al., 1977c) , as is primitive pattern of cephalic arterial configuration. Mahoney and Richardson (1988: 190) cataloged references to taxonomy and natural history.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Xeromys

Loc

Xeromys myoides Thomas, 1889

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993
1993
Loc

Xeromys myoides

Thomas 1889: 248
1889
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