Leopoldamys neilli

(J. T. Marshall, 1976)

Neill'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

Marshall, J.T., Jr. 1976-12-09. Family Muridae. Rats and mice. Government Printing Office, Bangkok, 396-487 pp.

Original name as described

Rattus neilli

Other common names

Limestone Long-tailed Giant Rat · Neill's Leopoldamys

Type material

TNRC 4330

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"outside the entrance to the bat cave, half-way up the face of a wooded limestone cliff, 200 meters altitude," Kaengkhoi District, Saraburi Province, Thailand.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · China

Taxonomy notes

has been considered under the name herberti, but that name seems to apply to the species previously known as revertens (now 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003546

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.

Rattus neilli

(J. T. Marshall, 1976)

Family

Muridae

Root name

neilli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TNRC 4330

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

485

Authority publication

Bangkok

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Leopoldamys neilli

Musser, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

neilli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser (1981:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8641)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11519/22434491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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