Leopoldamys herberti
(Kloss, 1916)
Herbert'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
Authority citation
Kloss, C.B. 1916. On a collection of mammals from Siam. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 2(1):1-32.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12263968Original name as described
Epimys vociferans herberti
Other common names
Herbert's Leopoldamys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1920.7.3.53 (= CBK 2053)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b8fc6bf-b922-4dae-8423-099e65ed5160Type locality
"Pak Jong, Eastern Siam, 900 ft.," northern Thailand.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
Bangladesh · India · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia
Taxonomy notes
split from L. sabanus; has been known as revertens, although this name is a junior synonym of L. herberti
Taxonomy notes citation
Balakirev, A. E., Abramov, A. V., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2013). Revision of the genus Leopoldamys (Rodentia, Muridae) as inferred from morphological and molecular data, with a special emphasis on the species composition in continental Indochina. Zootaxa, 3640(4), 521-549. · Latinne, A., Chaval, Y., Waengsothorn, S., Rojanadilok, P., Eiamampai, K., Sribuarod, K., ... & Michaux, J. R. (2013). Is Leopoldamys neilli (Rodentia, Muridae) a synonym of Leopoldamys herberti? A reply to Balakirev et al.(2013). Zootaxa, 3731(4), 589-598.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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