Glirulus japonicus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Japanese Dormouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Gliridae
Subfamily : Glirinae
Genus : Glirulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schinz, H.R. 1845. Systematisches Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt bekannten Säugethiere oder Synopsis Mammalium nach dem Cuvier'schen System. Zweiter Band. Jent und Gassmann, Solothurn, 574 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=yNwTAAAAQAAJ

Original name as described

Myoxus javanicus

Other common names

Mountain Rat · Yamane

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39367.a, RMNH.MAM.39367.b, RMNH.MAM.39368.a, RMNH.MAM.39368.b, RMNH.MAM.39369

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39367.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39367.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39368.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39368.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39369

Type locality

Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001505

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.

Myoxus elegans

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RMNH.MAM.39367.a, RMNH.MAM.39367.b, RMNH.MAM.39368.a, RMNH.MAM.39368.b, RMNH.MAM.39369

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39367.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39367.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39368.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39368.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39369

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607636

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Myoxus javanicus

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · as_emended

Type

RMNH.MAM.39367.a, RMNH.MAM.39367.b, RMNH.MAM.39368.a, RMNH.MAM.39368.b, RMNH.MAM.39369

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39367.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39367.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39368.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39368.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39369

Authority page

530

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Glirurus japonicus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Gliridae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Glirulus japonicus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Gliridae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

561

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9246/22222495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myoxus lasiotis

(O. Thomas, 1880)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

lasiotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Holden (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8525)

Myoxus japonicus

(International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2001)

Family

Gliridae

Root name

japonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · justified_emendation

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33818008

Authority publication

Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

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