Solomys salebrosus

Troughton, 1936

Bougainville Island 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. 1936-04-07. The mammalian fauna of Bouganville Island, Solomons Group. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5):341-354.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.19.1936.705

Original name as described

Solomys salebrosus

Other common names

Bougainville Island Solomys · Bougainville Naked-tailed Rat

Type material

AM M.5590

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003307

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.

Solomys salebrosus

Troughton, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

salebrosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.5590

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

346

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

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 #20335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20335/22429892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Uromys salebrosus

(Tate, 1951)

Family

Muridae

Root name

salebrosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

314

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

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