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Lorentzimys in life
In life — photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Michael Pennay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Lorentzimys

Mountain Spiny Rat

As recorded: Lorentzimys Jentink, 1911

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Muridae

Collected by
local hunter
Collector number
Collector Number: --
Locality
Bafunmin, 5 km S
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-5.1333, 141.4330
Identified by
K M Helgen, 2007
Record type
Preserved specimen
79 Bishop specimens of LorentzimysSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Lorentzimys. BPBM 108185. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 165326035. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/108185.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized
  • Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)

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