Phloeomys cumingi

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1839)

Southern Luzon Giant 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 : Phloeomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1839-11. Mr. Waterhouse read a paper on a new species of Rodent which had been sent from the island of Luzon, one of the Philippines, by Hugh Cuming, Esq., Corresponding Member. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839:107-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571351

Original name as described

Mus (Phloeomys) Cumingi

Other common names

Southern Giant Slender-tailed Cloud Rat · Southern Luzon Phloeomys

Type locality

Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003438

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.

Capromys elegans

(Cabrera, 1901)

Family

Muridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 284

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

372

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743425

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Phlœomys Cumingii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Muridae

Root name

cumingii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phloeomys cumingi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

cumingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17003/22454185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus (Phloeomys) Cumingi

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1839)

Family

Muridae

Root name

cumingi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571351

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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