Maxomys pagensis

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Mentawai Archipelago 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1903-11-06. Seventy new Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Collections 45:1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809949

Original name as described

Mus pagensis

Other common names

Mentawai Archipelago Leopoldamys · Mentawai Archipelago Maxomys · Pagai Spiny Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:121629

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b797019-8db2-407e-9c14-d66c0b5e4e95

Type locality

off coast West Sumatra, Pulau Pagai Selattan (= South Pagai Island), Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003566

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 pagensis

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pagensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121629

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30b797019-8db2-407e-9c14-d66c0b5e4e95

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809949

Authority publication

Smithsonian Collections

Rattus surifer pagensis

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

293

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Maxomys pagensis

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

pagensis

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 #12902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12902/115108201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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