Mallomys istapantap

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

Subalpine 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

Flannery, T.F., Aplin, K.P., Groves, C.P. and Adams, M. 1989-06-30. Revision of the New Guinean genus Mallomys (Muridae: Rodentia), with descriptions of two new species from subalpine habitats. Records of the Australian Museum 41(1):83-105.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.41.1989.137

Original name as described

Mallomys istapantap

Other common names

Subalpine Mallomys

Type material

AM M.7328

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Korelum, Mount Hagen District, Papua New Guinea

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003199

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.

Mallomys istapantap

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

istapantap

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.7328

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12723/115106010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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