Echiothrix leucura

J. E. Gray, 1867

Northern Sulawesi Spiny 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 : Echiothrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1867-10. Notes on the variegated or yellow-tailed rats of Australasia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):597-600.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534040

Original name as described

Echiothrix leucura

Other common names

Northern Sulawesi Echiothrix · Sulawesi Spiny Rat

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Australia." Corrected/restricted by G. H. H. Tate in 1936 to "Menado, north Celebes," Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003529

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.

Echiothrix leucura

J. E. Gray, 1867

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

600

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29534040

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7014/22466600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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