Leopoldamys edwardsi
(O. Thomas, 1882)
Edwards'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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1882-10. Description of a new species of rat from China. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(3):587-588.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28679001Original name as described
Mus edwardsi
Other common names
Edwards's Leopoldamys · Edwards's Rat
Type locality
"Western Fokien," probably Kuatun, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
India · Myanmar · China · Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
previously included L. hainanensis
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, H., Kong, L., Wang, K., Zhang, S., Motokawa, M., Wu, Y., ... & Li, Y. (2019). Molecular phylogeographic analyses and species delimitations reveal that Leopoldamys edwardsi (Rodentia: Muridae) is a species complex. Integrative zoology, 14(5), 494-505.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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