Tokudaia tokunoshimensis
Endo & K. Tsuchiya, 2006
Tokunoshima 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
Authority citation
Endo, H. and Tsuchiya, K. 2006-06. A new species of Ryukyu spiny rat, Tokudaia (Muridae: Rodentia), from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Mammal Study 31(1):47-57.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3106/1348-6160(2006)31[47:ANSORS]2.0.CO;2Original name as described
Tokudaia tokunoshimensis
Type material
NSMT-M 33901
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Tokuno-shima Island, Japan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Japan
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Endo, H., & Tsuchiya, K. (2006). A new species of Ryukyu spiny rat, Tokudaia (Muridae: Rodentia), from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Mammal Study, 31(1), 47-57.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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