Tokudaia muenninki

(D. H. Johnson, 1946)

Okinawa Island Spiny Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Apodemini
Genus : Tokudaia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Johnson, D.H. 1946-12-23. The spiny rats of the Riu Kiu Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 59:169-172.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566316

Original name as described

Tokudamys osimensis muenninki

Other common names

Muennink's Spiny Rat · Okinawa Spiny Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:278757

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b55e0e1-1862-4ba0-a163-48e99269f7ac

Type locality

"Hentona, western coast of northern Okinawa Island, Riu Kiu Islands," Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003029

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.

Tokudamys osimensis muenninki

(D. H. Johnson, 1946)

Family

Muridae

Root name

muenninki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:278757

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b55e0e1-1862-4ba0-a163-48e99269f7ac

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566316

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Johnson (1946:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15635)

Tokudaia muenninki

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Muridae

Root name

muenninki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

670

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21972/22409515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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