Coryphomys buehleri

Schaub, 1937

Buehler's Giant 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 : Coryphomys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schaub, S. 1937. Ein neuer Muride von Timor. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 48: 1–6.

Original name as described

Coryphomys bühleri

Other common names

Buhler's Coryphomys

Type material

NMB A.P.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

cave deposit near Nikiniki, W Timor I, Lesser Sunda Is, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · East Timor

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003173

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.

Coryphomys bühleri

Schaub, 1937

Family

Muridae

Root name

buehleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB A.P.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5414/22416034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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