Xenuromys barbatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1900)

Rock-dwelling 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 : Xenuromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1900. Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Rongeurs (Muridés) originaires de la Nouvelle-Guinée méridionale. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 6(4):165-167.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5020944

Original name as described

Mus barbatus

Other common names

Mimic Tree Rat · Rock-dwelling Rat · White-tailed New Guinea Rat

Type material

MNHN 1900-398 (= MNHN 1066B)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Nouvelle-Guinée méridionale [= southern Papua New Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003325

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.

Xenuromys guba

Tate & Archbold, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

guba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-152043

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-152043

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Mus barbatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1900)

Family

Muridae

Root name

barbatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1900-398 (= MNHN 1066B)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5020944

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Xenuromys barbatus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

barbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23137/22429670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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