Leopoldamys diwangkarai

Maryanto & M. H. Sinaga, 2008

Diwangkara's 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

Authority citation

Maryanto, I. and Sinaga, M.H. 2008. New species of Leopoldamys (Mammals, Rodentia: Muridae) from Kalimantan and Java. Treubia 36:23-36.

Original name as described

Leopoldamys diwangkarai

Other common names

Diwangkara's Leopoldamys

Type material

MZB 30976

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Primary forest, Pemantang, Haju, Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan (00° 19' 22.1" S; 114° 49' 58" E)."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Maryanto, I., & Sinaga, M. H. (2008). New species of Leopoldamys (Mammals, Rodentia: Muridae) from Kalimantan and Jawa. Treubia, 36, 23-36.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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