Palawanomys furvus

Musser & Newcomb, 1983

Palawan Mountain 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 : Palawanomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. and Newcomb, C. 1983-06-29. Malaysian murids and the giant rat of Sumatra. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174(4):327-598.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/572

Original name as described

Palawanomys furvus

Other common names

Palawan Soft-furred Mountain Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:478113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399e97f94-7d88-4bae-9bf9-316c5661a293

Type locality

Mount Mantalingajan, 4500 ft (= 1372 m), Brooke's Point Municipality, Palawan Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003604

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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.

Palawanomys furvus

Musser & Newcomb, 1983

Family

Muridae

Root name

furvus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:478113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/399e97f94-7d88-4bae-9bf9-316c5661a293

Authority page

335

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Newcomb (1983:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4216)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15917/115130324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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