Melomys caurinus

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Short-tailed Talaud Mosaic-tailed 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 : Melomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1921. On a collection of rats and shrews from the Dutch East Indian Islands. Treubia 2:109-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30344679

Original name as described

Uromys caurinus

Other common names

Short-tailed Talaud Melomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.9.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7935f5b9-827b-4a6d-9371-aa040ca68e8a

Type locality

Pulau Karakelang, Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003210

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.

Uromys caurinus

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

caurinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.9.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7935f5b9-827b-4a6d-9371-aa040ca68e8a

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30344679

Authority publication

Treubia

Melomys caurinus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

caurinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136715/115211818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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