Paulamys naso

(Musser, 1981)

Paula's Long-nosed 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 : Paulamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. 1981. The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 169:67-176.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/568

Original name as described

Floresomys naso

Other common names

Flores Long-nosed Rat

Type material

RGM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"sediments in Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km south of Lepa, in Menggarai Province, western Flores," Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003608

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.

Floresomys naso

(Musser, 1981)

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RGM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Paulamys naso

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16426/115133302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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