Species Pogonomys sp.
Tree Mouse
Introduction
Once thought to be Pogonomys mollipillosus Peters & Doria, 1881 or possibly P. loriae, New Guinean species, but now considered to be an unnamed species (van Dyck & Strahan 2008: 680).
Distribution
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, folivore, fructivore, granivore, gregarious, montane, terrestrial.
General References
Dennis, E. & Menzies J.I. 1979. A chromosomal and morphometric study of Papuan tree rats Pogonomys and Chiruromys (Rodentia, Muridae). Journal of Zoology, London 189: 315-332
Dwyer, P.D. 1975. Observations on the breeding biology of some New Guinea murid rodents. Australian Wildlife Research 2: 33-45
Flannery, T.F. 1995. Mammals of New Guinea. Sydney : Reed Books 2
Rader, R. 2005. Vertical distribution, resource and space use in a tropical rainforest small mammal community. M.Sc. thesis. Cairns : James Cook University
Rader, R. 2005. Vertical stratification of small mammals in lowland rainforest of the Australian Wet Tropics. pp. 309-311 in Lowman, M.D. & Rinker, H.B. (eds). Forest Canopies. San Diego : Elsevier Academic Press
Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls
Winter, J.W. & Whitford, D. 1995. Prehensile-tailed Rat Pogonomys mollipilosus. pp. 643-645 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.