Bandicota savilei

O. Thomas, 1916

Savile's Bandicoot Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1916-10-25. The bandicoot of Mount Popa, and its allies. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24(4):640-643.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152238

Original name as described

Bandicota savilei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.19.211

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e375980e-ac54-4c5f-8f68-3bbc56f4c3bc

Type locality

"Mount Popa, dry zone of Burma. Alt. about 2500' [= 760 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam · Laos?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003503

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.

Bandicota savilei

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

savilei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.19.211

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e375980e-ac54-4c5f-8f68-3bbc56f4c3bc

Authority page

641

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152238

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2542/115062801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bandicota savilei curtata

O. Thomas, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

curtata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.5.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/58a5b2f3-ade7-4273-9cfb-47d5b98fe77c

Authority page

205

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Bandicota bengalensis giaraiensis

Đào Văn Tiến & Cao Van Sung, 1990

Family

Muridae

Root name

giaraiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IEBR 1832

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

235

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Bandicota bangchakensis

Boonsong & Felten, 1989

Family

Muridae

Root name

bangchakensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:67852

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

197-211

Authority publication

Thai Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Name usages

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

Bandicota bengalensis hichensis

Đào Văn Tiến, 1961

Family

Muridae

Root name

hichensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

298-308

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

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