Solomys ponceleti

(Troughton, 1935)

Poncelet'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 : Solomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Troughton, E.L.G. 1935-09-19. A new genus and species of giant rat from the Solomons. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4):259-262.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1935.702

Original name as described

Unicomys ponceleti

Other common names

Poncelet's Naked-tailed Rat · Poncelet's Solomys

Type material

AM M.5756

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

about 16 km inland from Buin, southern Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003305

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.

Unicomys ponceleti

(Troughton, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ponceleti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.5756

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Uromys (Unicomys) ponceleti

(Tate, 1951)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ponceleti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Solomys ponceleti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

ponceleti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20333/22430082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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