White-toothed brush mouse

Species of rodent

White-toothed brush mouse
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Brassomys
Musser & Lunde, 2009[2]
Species:
B. albidens
Binomial name
Brassomys albidens
(Tate, 1951)

The white-toothed brush mouse (Brassomys albidens), also known as the white-toothed melomys or white-toothed mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia.[2][1] It is the only species in genus Brassomys.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

The species was initially described in genus Melomys, but was then placed in the genus Coccymys.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Helgen, K.; Wright, D. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Brassomys albidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T5042A114119902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T5042A114119902.en.
  2. ^ a b c d Musser, Guy G.; Lunde, Darrin P. (2009). "Systematic Reviews of New Guinea Coccymys and "Melomys" Albidens (Muridae, Murinae) with Descriptions of New Taxa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 329: 1–139. doi:10.1206/635.1. S2CID 83872559.
  3. ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Species Coccymys albidens". 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.


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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)
Pogonomys
Division
Abeomelomys
  • Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)
Anisomys
  • Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)
Brassomys
  • White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)
Chiruromys
  • Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi)
  • Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia)
  • Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)
Coccymys
Hyomys
(White-eared rats)
  • Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani)
  • Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)
Macruromys
(New Guinean rats)
  • Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans)
  • Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)
Mallomys
(Giant tree rats)
  • De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis)
  • Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung)
  • Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap)
  • Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi)
  • Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
  • Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
  • Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
Mammelomys
  • Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus)
  • Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)
Pogonomelomys
(Rummler's
mosaic tailed rats)
  • Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi)
  • Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni)
  • Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)
Pogonomys
(Prehensile-tailed rats)
  • Champion's tree mouse (P. championi)
  • D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis)
  • Large tree mouse (P. loriae)
  • Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus)
  • Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus)
  • Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)
Xenuromys
  • Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)
Pseudomys
Division
Conilurus
  • Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)
Leggadina
  • Forrest's mouse (L. forresti)
  • Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)
Leporillus
(Australian
stick-nest rats)
  • Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)
Mastacomys
  • Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)
Mesembriomys
(Tree rats)
  • Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
  • Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
Notomys
(Australian
hopping mice)
  • Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis)
  • Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo)
  • Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus)
  • Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus)
  • Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)
Pseudomys
(Australian native mice)
  • Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus)
  • Silky mouse (P. apodemoides)
  • Plains rat (P. australis)
  • Bolam's mouse (P. bolami)
  • Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi)
  • Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani)
  • Little native mouse (P. delicatulus)
  • Desert mouse (P. desertor)
  • Smoky mouse (P. fumeus)
  • Gould's mouse (P. gouldii)
  • Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus)
  • Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis)
  • Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi)
  • Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni)
  • Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus)
  • New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae)
  • Western mouse (P. occidentalis)
  • Hastings River mouse (P. oralis)
  • Country mouse (P. patrius)
  • Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis)
  • Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)
Zyzomys
(Thick-tailed rats)
  • Common rock rat (Z. argurus)
  • Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini)
  • Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis)
  • Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus)
  • Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Coccymys albidens
Melomys albidens


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