Leopoldamys siporanus

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Mentawai 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. 1895-01-07. On some mammals collected by Dr. E. Modigliani in Sipora, Mentawei islands. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 34:660-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940710

Original name as described

Mus siporanus

Other common names

Mentawai Archipelago Leopoldamys · Mentawai Archipelago Long-tailed Giant Rat

Type locality

Pulau Sipora, Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003548

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.

Mus siporanus

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Muridae

Root name

siporanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

670

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940710

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Mus soccatus

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

soccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121549

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33cabd023-c8f1-4ae7-9fe6-a57347851c52

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809917

Authority publication

Smithsonian Collections

Name usages

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

Rattus sabanus siporanus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

siporanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

290

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Rattus sabanus soccatus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

soccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

290

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Leopoldamys siporanus

Musser, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

siporanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

257

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser (1981:257) (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 (1993:604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11521/22434628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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