Eropeplus canus

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Sulawesi Soft-furred 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 : Eropeplus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. and Hollister, N. 1921-06-30. Twenty new mammals collected by H. C. Raven in Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 34:93-104.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332337

Original name as described

Eropeplus canus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:218707

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309aae51a-2e97-44af-acc0-41b7b3de1407

Type locality

Gunung Lehio, above 1830 m, central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003530

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.

Eropeplus canus

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

canus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:218707

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309aae51a-2e97-44af-acc0-41b7b3de1407

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332337

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8032/115087144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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