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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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 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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