Xeromys myoides

O. Thomas, 1889

False Water 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 : Xeromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1889-10. Description of a new genus of Muridae allied to Hydromys. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889(3):247-250.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698869

Original name as described

Xeromys myoides

Other common names

False Swamp Rat · Water Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1887.10.31.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Port Mackay, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003326

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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.

Xeromys myoides

O. Thomas, 1889

Family

Muridae

Root name

myoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.10.31.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698869

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (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 (2017:721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23141/22454469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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