Uromys hadrourus

(Winter, 1984)

Masked 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

Winter, J.W. 1984-03. The Thornton Peak melomys, _Melomys hadrourus_ (Rodentia: Muridae): A new rainforest species from northeastern Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21(2):519-539.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52873433

Original name as described

Melomys hadrourus

Other common names

Masked White-tailed Rat · Masked White-tailed Uromys · Pygmy White-tailed Rat · Thornton Peak Melomys

Type material

QM JM504

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE89653/uromys-hadrourus

Type locality

Thornton Peak summit area, 1200 m, north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003318

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.

Melanomys hadrourus

(Winter in Strahan, 1983)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hadrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Melomys hadrourus

(Winter, 1984)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hadrourus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM JM504

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE89653/uromys-hadrourus

Authority page

519

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52873433

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Uromys hadrourus

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Muridae

Root name

hadrourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

671

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22802/22446971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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