Uromys caudimaculatus

(Krefft, 1867)

White-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

Krefft, G. 1867-10. Notes on the mammals and birds of Cape York, with description of two new rodents of the genus _Hapalotis._. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):316-319.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533756

Original name as described

Hapalotis caudimaculata

Other common names

Atherton Uromys · Cape York Uromys · Giant Mosaic-tailed Rat · Giant Naked-tailed Rat · Giant White-tailed Rat · Giant White-tailed Uromys · Mottled-tailed Giant Rat · Hinchinbrook Island Uromys

Type material

AM S.1848

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Cape York, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003316

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.

Mus macropus

(J. E. Gray, 1866)

Family

Muridae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.4.23.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe09f4e1-77d3-4938-b6c0-ca2d44ee4817

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627695

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Hapalotis caudimaculata

(Krefft, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

caudimaculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM S.1848

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533756

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys macropus

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Muridae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510607

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1867:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67063)
  2. Collett (1887:840, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67854)
  3. Ogilby (1892:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  4. Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)

Uromys aruensis

J. E. Gray, 1873

Family

Muridae

Root name

aruensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1872.3.5.3

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78f8a566-6301-4e27-a585-c9cfa2dc31b3

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214479

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys papuanus

A. B. Meyer, 1876

Family

Muridae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267048

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys validus

W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1881

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG 3248

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

703

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29845140

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Hapalotis Papuanus

(E. P. Ramsay, 1883)

Family

Muridae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6864492

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pogonomys multiplicatus

(Jentink, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

multiplicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.29315.a, RMNH.MAM.29315.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29315.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29315.b

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40348501

Authority publication

Nova Guinea

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys ductor

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

ductor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.12.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a41a85c-d93d-479b-a617-f56dcc50fd88

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099700

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys nero

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

nero

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.18.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2899c508-8ae5-4358-9b99-7c3ec8cb84dd

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099695

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys prolixus

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

prolixus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.7.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fc52a51f-3de8-4b9d-8c48-175352c37421

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099700

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys scaphax

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

scaphax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.18.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e96d764-3b13-4afd-a395-8d746e9603ba

Authority page

209

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099696

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys multiplicatus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

multiplicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)

Uromys papuanus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15192)
  2. Troughton (1937:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20083)

Uromys sherrini

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

sherrini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.18.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2a20a8f3-140c-40e7-914a-f0513b09097f

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355413

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys macropus exilis

Troughton & Le Souef, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4378

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38710629

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys waigeuensis

Frechkop, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

waigeuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHB 589

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys lamington

Troughton, 1937

Family

Muridae

Root name

lamington

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4684

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Troughton (1937:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20083)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys caudimaculatus sherini

H. Rümmler, 1938

Family

Muridae

Root name

sherini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin

Uromys caudimaculatus

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

caudimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

322

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Tate (1951:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  9. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  10. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22801/22446882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Uromys caudimaculatus validus

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

validus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

322

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Uromys caudimaculatus aruensis

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

aruensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

310

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Uromys caudimaculatus caudimaculatus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

caudimaculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

310

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Uromys caudimaculatus multiplicatus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

multiplicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Uromys papuensis

Flannery, 1995

Family

Muridae

Root name

papuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Chatswood

Uromys caudimaculatus papuanus

S. Jackson & Groves, 2015

Family

Muridae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Clayton South

Name usages

  1. Jackson & Groves (2015:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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