Paulamys naso (Musser, 1981)
Flores long-nosed rat, Paula's long-nosed rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Floresomys naso Musser, 1981
Conservation Status
Last record: Holocene
Rediscovered in 1991
Distribution & Habitat
Flores, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Musser, Guy Graham. (1981). The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 169: 71-175.
Other references:
Helgen, K. and Aplin, K. (2008). Paulamys naso. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 24 February 2013.
Jackson, Stephen M., Travouillon, Kenny J., Beck, Robin, M. D., Archer, Michael, Hand, Suzanne J., Helgen, Kristofer M., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). An annotated checklist of Australasian fossil mammals. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48(4): 548-746. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2434062
Kitchener, D. J., How, R. A. and Maharadatunkamsi. (1991). Paulamys sp. cf. P. naso (Musser, 1981) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia-- description from a modern specimen and a consideration of its phylogenetic affinities. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 171-189.
Musser, Guy Graham, Van de Weerd and Strasser, E. (1986). Paulamys, a replacement name for Floresomys Musser, 1981 (Muridae), and new material of that taxon from Flores, Indonesia. Am. Mus. Novit. 2850: 1-10.