Tokudaia osimensis

(Y. Abe, 1933)

Amami 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

Botany and Zoology, vol. 1, 942

Original name as described

Rattus jerdoni osimensis

Other common names

Amami Oshima Spiny Rat · Ryukyu Spiny Rat

Type material

Abe (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Sumiyo, Mt. Kiyago-kan, Amami-oshima, Ryukyu Iskands, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003030

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.

Rattus jerdoni osimensis

(Y. Abe, 1933)

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Abe (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

942

Authority publication

Journal of Science, Hiroshima University

Tokudaia osimensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

168

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21973/22409638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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