Bunomys karokophilus

Musser, 2014

Karoko 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

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. 2014-12-30. A systematic review of Sulawesi Bunomys (Muridae, Murinae) with the description of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 392:1-313.

Original name as described

Bunomys karokophilus

Other common names

Karoko Bunomys

Type material

AMNH M-225038

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"tropical lowland evergreen rain forest along the Sungai Sadaunta (01°23'S, 119°58'E), a tributary on right side of the Sungai Miu, at 3300 ft [= 1007 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Musser, G. G. (2014). A systematic review of Sulawesi Bunomys (Muridae, Murinae) with the description of two new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 392, 1-313.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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