Maxomys inflatus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Broad-nosed Sumatran 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/41809749

Original name as described

Epimys inflatus

Other common names

Broad-nosed Sumatran Maxomys · Fat-nosed Spiny Rat

Type material

FMSM 323/14

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, 4,700' [= 1433 m], West Sumatra," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003562

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.

Epimys inflatus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

inflatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMSM 323/14

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809749

Authority publication

Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Rattus inflatus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

inflatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Maxomys inflatus

Musser, J. T. Marshall, & Boeadi, 1979

Family

Muridae

Root name

inflatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

593

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser, Marshall & Boeadi (1979:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4215)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12898/115108049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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