Crateromys australis

Musser, Heaney, & Rabor, 1985

Dinagat Bushy-tailed 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 : Crateromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G., Heaney, L.R. and Rabor, D.S. 1985-08-05. Philippine rats: A new species of Crateromys from Dinagat Island. American Museum Novitates 2821:1-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62325464

Original name as described

Crateromys australis

Other common names

Dinagat Crateromys · Dinagat Hairy-tailed Cloud Rat · Dinagat Island Cloud Rat

Type material

UMMZ 161022

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Balitbiton, Loreto Municipality, Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte Province, Republic of the Philippines."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003430

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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.

Crateromys australis

Musser, Heaney, & Rabor, 1985

Family

Muridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 161022

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62325464

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5499/22415226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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