Authority citation: Helgen, K.M. and Helgen, L.E. 2009-12-15. 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.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1206/582-8.1
Original name as described: Pseudohydromys eleanorae
Nominal names: eleanorae K. M. Helgen & L. E. Helgen, 2009
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Murinae -- Tribe: Hydromyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1950.1734
Type locality: "‘high northern slopes' of Mt. Wilhelm (c.05°47'S, 145°01.5'E, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea ...), between 9000 and 10,000 feet (2740–3050 m)."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Helgen, K. M., & Helgen, L. E. (2009). 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.
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