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.

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 locality

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

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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