Mallomys aroaensis

(De Vis, 1907)

De Vis's Woolly 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 : Mallomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

De Vis, C.W. 1907. A New Guinea tree rat. Annals of the Queensland Museum 7:10-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48070502

Original name as described

Dendrosminthus aroaensis

Other common names

De Vis's Mallomys

Type material

QM J2814

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110309/mallomys-aroaensis

Type locality

"head of Aroa River, in British New Guinea [= Central Province, Papua New Gunea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003197

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.

Dendrosminthus aroaensis

(De Vis, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

aroaensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J2814

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110309/mallomys-aroaensis

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48070502

Authority publication

Annals of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

De Vis (1907:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48070502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68564)

Mallomys hercules

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

hercules

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.31.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb676e61-2f0a-4e1a-920f-545758a8ca7b

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3109366

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Schaub (1937:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68846)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mallomys rothschildi hercules

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

hercules

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

275

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Mallomys aroaensis

Flannery, K. P. Aplin, Groves, & M. Adams, 1989

Family

Muridae

Root name

aroaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Flannery, Aplin, Groves & Adams (1989:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3999)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12721/236790628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mallomys aroaensis aroaensis

Flannery, K. P. Aplin, Groves, & M. Adams, 1989

Family

Muridae

Root name

aroaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Flannery, Aplin, Groves & Adams (1989:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3999)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Mallomys aroaensis hercules

Flannery, K. P. Aplin, Groves, & M. Adams, 1989

Family

Muridae

Root name

hercules

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Flannery, Aplin, Groves & Adams (1989:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3999)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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