Uromys anak

O. Thomas, 1907

Black-tailed 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 : Uromys
Subgenus : Uromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1907-07-01. On three new mammals from British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(115):70-74.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253940

Original name as described

Uromys anak

Other common names

Black-tailed Uromys · Giant Naked-tailed Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.5.22.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ead20536-c48b-4829-9da8-57b2bfce7c36

Type locality

"Ifogi [= Efogi], Brown River, N.E. British New Guinea [= Central Province, Papua New Guinea]. Altitude ‘not less than 4000 ft [= 1219 m].' "

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003314

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 anak

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

anak

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.5.22.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ead20536-c48b-4829-9da8-57b2bfce7c36

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253940

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22800/22447286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Uromys rothschildi

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.31.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f78f0346-53c2-46e1-ba8f-089368d392fb

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3109365

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Uromys anak albiventer

Groves & Flannery, 1994

Family

Muridae

Root name

albiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CSIRO CM8532

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Uromys anak anak

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

anak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

715

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Uromys anak rothschildi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

715

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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