Laonastes aenigmamus

P. D. Jenkins, C. W. Kilpatrick, M. F. Robinson, & Timmins, 2005

Kha-nyou

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Ctenodactylomorphi
Family : Diatomyidae
Genus : Laonastes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Jenkins, P.D., Kilpatrick, C.W., Robinson, M.F. and Timmins, R.J. 2005-04. Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from Lao PDR. Systematics and Biodiversity 2(4):419-454.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477200004001549

Original name as described

Laonastes aenigmamus

Other common names

Annamite Rat · Laotian Rock Rat · Truong Son Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1999.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7c1496d-e810-469d-910d-fe5cb41e5098

Type locality

"Vicinity of Ban Mauang and Ban Doy, Thakhek District, south eastern edge of Khammouan [sic] Limestone [= Phou Hin Poun] National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Khammouan [sic] Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, 17°33'45"N 104°49'10"E, altitude 160 m asl."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

recently described under a new genus and family (Laonastidae), but later studies found that the species represents a living representative of the extinct family Diatomyidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Jenkins, J. D., Kilpatrick, C. W., Robinson, M. F. and Timmins, R. J. 2005. Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from Lao PDR. Systematics and Biodiversity 2(4): 419-454. · Dawson, M.R., Marivaux, L., Li, C.-k., Beard, K.C., and Métais, G. (2006). Laonastes and the "Lazarus effect" in Recent mammals. Science. 311 (5766): 1456–1458.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001189

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Laonastes aenigmamus

P. D. Jenkins, C. W. Kilpatrick, M. F. Robinson, & Timmins, 2005

Family

Diatomyidae

Root name

aenigmamus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1999.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7c1496d-e810-469d-910d-fe5cb41e5098

Authority page

422

Authority publication

Systematics and Biodiversity

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136474/22199035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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