Papagomys armandvillei

(Jentink, 1892)

Armandville's Giant Tree 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 : Papagomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Weber's Zool. Ergebn. g: 79, pl. 5, figs. 1-7.

Original name as described

Mus armandvillei

Other common names

Armandville's Papagomys · Flores Giant Rat · Flores Giant Tree Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.18301.a, RMNH.MAM.18301.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18301.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18301.b

Type locality

Pulau Flores, Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

the recently extinct P. theodorverhoeveni was recently claimed to be extant, but later analysis of that specimen revealed it to be a juvenile of this species

Taxonomy notes citation

Suyanto, A., & Watts, C. H. S. (2002). Verhoeven's Giant rat of Flores, Indonesia (Papagomys theodorverhoeveni Musser, 1981; Muridae) is a modern species. Treubia, 32(1), 87-93. · Zijlstra, J. S., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., & Due, R. A. (2008). Verhoeven's giant rat of Flores (Papagomys theodorverhoeveni, Muridae) extinct after all?. Contributions to Zoology, 77(1), 25-31.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003605

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 armandvillei

(Jentink, 1892)

Family

Muridae

Root name

armandvillei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.18301.a, RMNH.MAM.18301.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18301.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18301.b

Authority page

79, pl. 5

Authority publication

book

Papagomys armandvillei

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

armandvillei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

322

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15975/22399875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Papagomys armandvillei besar

Hooijer, 1957

Family

Muridae

Root name

besar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Zoologische Mededelingen

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Papagomys verhoeveni

Hooijer, 1957

Family

Muridae

Root name

verhoeveni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

302

Authority publication

Zoologische Mededelingen

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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