Uromys emmae

Groves & Flannery, 1994

Emma'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 : Uromys
Subgenus : Uromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Groves, C.P. and Flannery, T.F. 1994-07-28. A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46(2):145-169.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.12

Original name as described

Uromys emmae

Other common names

Emma's Uromys

Type material

AM M.7200

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Pulau Awai (= Owi Island), Geelvinck Bay, Schouten Island Group, Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003317

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 emmae

Groves & Flannery, 1994

Family

Muridae

Root name

emmae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.7200

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

159

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)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136470/22447368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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