Chrotomys whiteheadi

O. Thomas, 1895

Montane Striped Shrew Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-08-01. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from Northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(92):160-164.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122641

Original name as described

Chrotomys Whiteheadi

Other common names

Cordillera Chrotomys · Cordillera Striped Rat · Luzon Montane Striped Shrew Rat · Montane Chrotomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.2.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3e164fa0-b57f-4ad2-9267-2ffa14884aa7

Type locality

"highlands of Northern Luzon." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1898 to "Monte Data, Lepanto, [N. Luzon Island], 8000 feet [= 2438 m]," Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003166

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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.

Chrotomys Whiteheadi

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

whiteheadi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.2.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3e164fa0-b57f-4ad2-9267-2ffa14884aa7

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122641

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4810/22400477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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