Pseudohydromys Explained

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

• Bishop's moss mouse (Pseudohydromys berniceae) ^[1]
• Huon small-toothed moss mouse (Pseudohydromys carlae) ^[1]
• Laurie's moss mouse (Pseudohydromys eleanorae) ^[1]
• 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) ^[1]
• Southern small-toothed moss mouse (Pseudohydromys pumehanae) ^[1]
• White-bellied moss mouse (Pseudohydromys sandrae) ^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. 10.1206/582-8.1. 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. 2009. Helgen. Kristofer M.. Helgen. Lauren E.. free.