Carpomys melanurus

O. Thomas, 1895

Black-tailed Dwarf Cloud Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-08-01. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from Northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(92):160-164.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122642

Original name as described

Carpomys melanurus

Other common names

Large Luzon Carpomys · Short-footed Luzon Tree Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.2.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/431503f3-89fe-4916-b774-d0cfe606acd3

Type locality

Mt. Data, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003428

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.

Carpomys melanurus

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.2.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/431503f3-89fe-4916-b774-d0cfe606acd3

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122642

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3917/115067010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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