Maxomys hellwaldii
(Jentink, 1879)
Hellwald's Sulawesi Spiny 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 | : Maxomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Jentink, F.A. 1879. On various species of Mus, collected by S. C. I. W. van Musschenbroek Esq. in Celebes. Notes from the Leyden Museum 1(1):7-13.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630890Original name as described
Mus Hellwaldii
Other common names
Hellwald's Spiny Rat · Hellwald's Sulawesi Maxomys
Type material
RMNH.MAM.18307.a, RMNH.MAM.18307.b
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18307.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18307.bType locality
"Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], Menado."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
tentatively includes the name tompotika, which was described in a dissertation as a distinct species but is not available nomenclaturally at this point; the name was mistakenly listed as a distinct valid species in CMW but should not be regarded as an available name
Taxonomy notes citation
Achmadi, A. S. (2017). Morphological and molecular systematics of Southeast Asian spiny rats (genus Maxomys) with descriptions of two new species from Indonesia (Doctoral dissertation, 北海道大学).
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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