Bunomys chrysocomus

(B. Hoffmann, 1887)

Common Hill 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 : Bunomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hoffmann, B. 1887. Über Säugethiere aus dem ostindischen Archipel (Mäuse, Fledermäuse, Büffel). Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 1(3):1-29.

Original name as described

Mus chrysocomus

Other common names

Common Bunomys · Yellow-haired Hill Rat

Type material

MTD B612

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Minahassa, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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