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/34566316Original 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-a163-48e99269f7acType 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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