Highland brush mouse

The highland brush mouse (Abeomelomys sevia), also known as the Menzies' mouse,^[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands (Papua New Guinea) where it is found in montane moss forests and in alpine zones over 2,000 m. It is the only species in the genus Abeomelomys, although it has been placed in Pogonomelomys in the past.

Highland brush mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Abeomelomys Menzies, 1990
Species:	A. sevia
Binomial name
Abeomelomys sevia (Tate & Archbold, 1935)
Synonyms
Pogonomelomys sevia

Names

It is known as ymgenm [jí.mɨŋɡé.nɨ́m] (or yamganm [já.mɨŋɡá.nɨ́m]) in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.^[2]

References

1. Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Abeomelomys sevia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17879A22402392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T17879A22402392.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Pawley, Andrew; Bulmer, Ralph (2011). A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Pacific Linguistics, 631. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University. pp. 622, 636. ISBN 9780858836433.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". 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.
• "Pogonomelomys sevia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.