Genus Uromys Peters, 1867
- Uromys Peters, W. 1867. Über eine neue Gattung von Nagern, Uromys, aus Nordaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 343-345 1 pl [343].
Type species:
Mus macropus Gray, 1866 (=Uromys macropus (Gray, 1866)) by monotypy.
Distribution
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Distribution References
- Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. London : British Museum 175 pp. 3 pls
- Menzies, J.I. & Dennis, E. 1979. Handbook of New Guinea Rodents. Handbook No. 6. Wau : Wau Ecology Institute vi 68 pp. 8 pls
- Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
- Ziegler, A.C. 1982. An ecological check-list of New Guinea Recent mammals. pp. 863-894 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague & London : W. Junk Vol. 2(4) vii 983 pp.
General References
Groves, C.P. & Flannery, T.F. 1994. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 145-169 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement for extralimital synonomy)