Leopoldamys ciliatus

(Bonhote, 1900)

Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed 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 : Leopoldamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bonhote, J.L. 1900. On the mammals collected during the 'Skeat Expedition' to the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 70:869-883.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995209

Original name as described

Mus ciliata

Other common names

Sundaic Mountain Leopoldamys

Type material

UMZC E.2070, UMZC E.2071

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-e-2070 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-e-2071

Type locality

"Gunong Inas, Malay Peninsula (4000 ft. [= 1219 m])."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003540

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.

Epimys setiger

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

setiger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMSM 626/14

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809747

Authority publication

Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

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

Mus ciliata

(Bonhote, 1900)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ciliatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMZC E.2070, UMZC E.2071

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-e-2070 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/umzc/vertebrates?id=urn-catalog-umzc-vertebrates-e-2071

Authority page

879

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995209

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Rattus edwardsi ciliatus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ciliatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Leopoldamys ciliatus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

ciliatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136691/22434736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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