Berylmys bowersii

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Bowers'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

Anderson, J. 1879. Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera, Platanista and Orcaella. First Volume–Text. Bernard Quaritch, London, 984 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124880

Original name as described

Mus bowersii

Other common names

Bowers's Berylmys · Bowers's Rat

Type material

ZSI 10078

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Hotha, 1370 m, Kakhyen Hills, Yunnan Province, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Malaysia · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included B. latouchei; includes the recently described genus and species Pseudoberylmys muongbangensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Hai, T. H., Viet, T. H., & Dang, N. X. (2009). New genus and species of stripe-bellied rat Pseudoberylmys muongbangensis Tran. HH, TH Viet, LX Canh, NX Dang, 2008 gen. sp. nov.(Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae) from Vietnam. Academia Journal of Biology, 31(2), 33-39. · Balakirev AE, Bui Xuan Phuong, Pham Mai Phuong, Rozhnov VV. (2011) On taxonomic status of Pseudoberylmys muongbangensis new species and genus described from Son La Province, Vietnam. Does it new or pseudo-new species? Proceedings of 4-th national scientific conference on ecology and biological resources. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2011, 11–19. · Xu, Y., Hu, J., Shi, Z., Chen, W., Zhou, J., Zhang, B., ... & Chen, Z. (2023). Integrative systematics and evolutionary history of Berylmys bowersi (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae). Ecology and Evolution, 13(7), e10234.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003505

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.

Mus bowersii

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 10078

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124880

Authority publication

London

Mus ferreocanus

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ferreocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:86737

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385554531-01e2-49dc-927b-28f3492a2c07

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308250

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Epimys bowersi

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151981

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thomas (1916:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15365)

Epimys ferreocanus

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ferreocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151981

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15365)
  2. Robinson & Kloss (1916:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67567)

Rattus kennethi

(Kloss, 1919)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kennethi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1469 (= CBK 2636)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76bf8a1e-0397-4d2b-84a7-bd186ddd649e

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12463684

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Name usages

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

Rattus bowersi lactiventer

(Kloss, 1919)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lactiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1461 (= CBK 2635)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/960edf07-4026-4246-a3a0-1b95cfe44d39

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12463683

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Rattus wellsi

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

wellsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.11.1.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c1420a05-f8f6-48fe-88c5-dca02a6268c0

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30112536

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Rattus bowersi

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

503

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1925:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14043)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Rattus bowersii

(H. E. Anthony, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771959

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Anthony (1941:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)

Rattus bowersii bowersii

(H. E. Anthony, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771959

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Anthony (1941:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)

Rattus bowersi totipes

(Đào Văn Tiến, 1966)

Family

Muridae

Root name

totipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LZH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

438

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Berylmys bowersi

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

510, 511

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:510, 511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2768/115063357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Berylmys bowersii

Musser & Newcomb, 1983

Family

Muridae

Root name

bowersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Newcomb (1983:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4216)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

lactiiventer

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

lactiiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

1297

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pseudoberylmys muongbangensis

(Tran Hong Hai, Tran Hong Viet, Le Xuan Canh, & Nguyen Xuan Dang, 2009)

Family

Muridae

Root name

muongbangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

VCRARC 2002-10-T3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Tap chi SINH HOC

Name usages

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46205597/46207043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus ferrocanus

(R. D. Fisher & Ludwig, 2014)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ferrocanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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