Lenomys meyeri

(Jentink, 1879)

Meyer's Giant 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 : Lenomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1879. On various species of Mus, collected by S. C. I. W. van Musschenbroek Esq. in Celebes. Notes from the Leyden Museum 1(1):7-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630891

Original name as described

Mus Meyeri

Other common names

Meyer's Lenomys · Trefoil-toothed Giant Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.18302.a, RMNH.MAM.18302.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.b

Type locality

Menado, NE peninsula, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003538

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.

Lenomys meyeri lampo

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

lampo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-101128

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-101128

Authority page

5

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Meyeri

(Jentink, 1879)

Family

Muridae

Root name

meyeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.18302.a, RMNH.MAM.18302.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.b

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630891

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Lenomys longicaudus

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:219712

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3934b5c19-a581-4d47-b0ab-32f0ede324c5

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 (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lenomys meyeri

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

meyeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:521, 522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11498/22435649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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