Macruromys Stein 1933

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1352

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scientific name	Macruromys Stein 1933
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Macruromys Stein 1933 , Z. Saugetierk., 8: 94.

Type Species: Macruromys elegans Stein 1933

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Macruromys elegans Stein 1933

Species Macruromys major Rümmler 1935

Discussion: Pogonomys Division. Member of the New Guinea Old Endemics ( Musser, 1981 c), and most closely related to Chiruromys , Pogonomys , Coccymys , Hyomys , Anisomys , and Mallomys as indicated by analysis of immunological distances ( Watts and Baverstock, 1994 a). Distributional and biological information summarized by Flannery (1990 b; 1995 a).