Melasmothrix naso

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Diurnal Sulawesian Shrew 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 : Melasmothrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. and Hollister, N. 1921-06-30. Twenty new mammals collected by H. C. Raven in Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 34:93-104.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332396

Original name as described

Melasmothrix naso

Other common names

Diurnal Sulawesi Shrew Rat · Sulawesi Shrew Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:219752

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d062f950-c599-4f39-a1de-826fd0be2864

Type locality

"Rano Rano, Middle Celebes [= central Sulawesi], Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003574

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.

Melasmothrix naso

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:219752

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d062f950-c599-4f39-a1de-826fd0be2864

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332396

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13079/22429177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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