Berylmys berdmorei

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Berdmore's White-toothed 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 : Berylmys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1851. Report on the Mammalia and more remarkable species of birds inhabiting Ceylon. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20:153-185.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259759

Original name as described

Mus Berdmorei

Other common names

Berdmore's Berylmys · Small White-toothed Rat

Type material

ZSI 10035, ZSI 11027

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mergui (South Tenasserim), South Burma (= Myanmar).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003504

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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.

Epimys berdmorei magnus

(Kloss, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

magnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.11.4.157

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6c43b2d-92dd-461e-8e08-3ebb144a528d

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31596777

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Epimys berdmorei mullulus

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mullulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.2.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9c90b217-ec17-41c3-8d1c-9b78df0ad842

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151985

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Mus Berdmorei

(E. Blyth, 1851)

Family

Muridae

Root name

berdmorei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 10035, ZSI 11027

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259759

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Rattus berdmorei

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

berdmorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

172

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Berylmys berdmorei

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

berdmorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

510

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Newcomb (1983:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4216)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2767/115063217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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