Maxomys hylomyoides
(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
Sumatran Mountain 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
Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1916. Preliminary diagnoses of some new species and subspecies of mammals and birds obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.—June 1914. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 73:269-278.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809749Original name as described
Epimys hylomyoides
Other common names
Sumatran Mountain Maxomys · Sumatran Mountain Rat · Sumatran Spiny Rat
Type material
FMSM 440/14
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Sungei Kring, Korinchi Peak, 7,300' [= 2225 m], West Sumatra," Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Indonesia
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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