Crateromys paulus

Musser & Gordon, 1981

Ilin 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. and Gordon, L.K. 1981-08-20. A new species of Crateromys (Muridae) from the Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 62(3):513-525.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1380399

Original name as described

Crateromys paulus

Other common names

Ilin Crateromys · Ilin Hairy-tailed Cloud Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:522023

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b05231c9-c491-42fd-8c49-8b58a6324c6b

Type locality

Ilin island, Mindoro Occidental Province, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003432

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.

Crateromys paulus

Musser & Gordon, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

paulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:522023

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b05231c9-c491-42fd-8c49-8b58a6324c6b

Authority page

515

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5501/115071934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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