Chiropodomys major

O. Thomas, 1893

Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1893-05-01. On some new Bornean mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)11(65):341-347.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344686

Original name as described

Chiropodomys major

Other common names

Large Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse · Large Sunda Tree Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1856.9.19.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52f0ff41-07bb-4d5c-8134-625383dec3ce

Type locality

"Sadong, Sarawak," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Brunei? · Indonesia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003156

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.

Chiropodomys major

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.9.19.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52f0ff41-07bb-4d5c-8134-625383dec3ce

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344686

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser (1979:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4353)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4682/22412833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chiropodomys legatus

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

legatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.4.1.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a540cec2-9e66-4497-86e1-d864308e4ccf

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814914

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Chiropodomys pictor

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

pictor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.7.2.43

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/379d3960-3030-49d3-b243-98490944b81b

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814915

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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