Millardia meltada

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Common Soft-furred Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Millardini
Genus : Millardia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177

Original name as described

Golunda Meltada

Other common names

Common Metad · Soft-furred Field Rat · Soft-furred Metad · Soft-furred Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:34a

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Bombay," India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003345

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.

Mus comberi

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

comberi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.7.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85e2a85a-9d36-41ea-a51c-babfedf45903

Authority page

999

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30120239

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Mus listoni

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

listoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.7.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c76554e-6094-41fc-ba49-1c39137a705d

Authority page

998

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30120238

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Millardia meltada dunni

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.3.3.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c3f0b8a-2601-498d-b382-4bd72ea4fec9

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453978

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Millardia meltada pallidior

Ryley, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.23.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9fbb483d-322b-4649-905a-be1b3befb6b5

Authority page

659

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30155682

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Golunda Meltada

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Muridae

Root name

meltada

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:34a

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

586

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Mus lanuginosus

(W. Elliot, 1839)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lanuginosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:34a

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Madras Journal of Literature and Science

Name usages

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

Millardia meltada singuri

Mandal & S. Ghosh, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

singuri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 20457

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India

Name usages

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

Millardia meltada

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

meltada

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:530, 531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13525/115115706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus mettada

(Blanford, 1877)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mettada

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

290

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548378

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Mus mettada

(Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mettada

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

997

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30120237

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

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