Chiropodomys pusillus

O. Thomas, 1893

Lesser 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/24344687

Original name as described

Chiropodomys pusillus

Other common names

Small Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/af454f00-04e9-4358-a148-0d60baaca0bb

Type locality

"Mount Kina Balu [= Kinabalu], 1000 feet [= 305 m]," Sabah, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003158

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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 pusillus

O. Thomas, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/af454f00-04e9-4358-a148-0d60baaca0bb

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344687

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4684/115070555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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