Uromys siebersi

O. Thomas, 1923

Great Key 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 : Uromys
Subgenus : incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1923. A new Uromys from the Kei Islands. Treubia 3:422.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35825466

Original name as described

Uromys siebersi

Other common names

Great Key Giant Rat · Great Key Island Uromys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1923.4.3.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33131735-cffb-4886-acfa-24a5944e9b0f

Type locality

Gunung Daab, Pulau Kai Besar (Great Key Island), Maluku Tengah (Moluccas), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003323

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 siebersi

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

siebersi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.4.3.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33131735-cffb-4886-acfa-24a5944e9b0f

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35825466

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136493/115209020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Uromys caudimaculatus siebersi

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

siebersi

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)

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