Pithecheir melanurus

Lesson, 1840

Red Tree 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 : Pithecheir

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1840. Species des mammifères bimanes et quadrumanes; suivi d'un mémoire sur les Oryctéropes. J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 292 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358456

Original name as described

Pithecheir melanurus

Other common names

Javan Pithecheir

Type locality

"l'île de Sumatra ou le Bengale." Restricted by G. B. Corbet and J. E. Hill in 1992 to Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003346

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.

Pithecheir melanurus

Lesson, 1840

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9358456

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Sody (1941:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17400/115140641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pithechir melanurus

(S. Müller in Temminck, 1840)

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

36, unnumbered table

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103249 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103265

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Jentink (1890:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9645019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37260)
  2. Jentink (1892:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9643139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37259)
  3. Schaub (1937:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68846)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pithecheirus melanurus

Kloss, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063688

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

Kloss (1916:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67566)

Pithecheir melanurus melanurus

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

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