Frateromys fratrorum

(O. Thomas, 1896)

Northeastern Peninsula 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 : Frateromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1896-09-01. On mammals from Celebes, Borneo, and the Philippines recently received at the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(105):241-250.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628433

Original name as described

Mus fratrorum

Other common names

Fraternal Hill Rat · Northeastern Peninsula Bunomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.2.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/774b1bb4-2887-4172-8bf4-ad2ee02da68c

Type locality

Rurukan, 3500 ft (= 1067 m), north-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Bunomys to the resurrected Frateromys

Taxonomy notes citation

Handika, H., Achmadi, A. S., Esselstyn, J. A., & Rowe, K. C. (2020). Molecular and morphological systematics of the Bunomys division (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic radiation on Sulawesi. Zoologica Scripta, 00, 1-14.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003514

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 fratrorum

(O. Thomas, 1896)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fratrorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.2.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/774b1bb4-2887-4172-8bf4-ad2ee02da68c

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628433

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Matschie (1901:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25232521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38888)

Frateromys fratrorum

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

fratrorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Rattus fratrorum

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fratrorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

173

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Bunomys fratrorum

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fratrorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

512

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3330/22452107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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