Rattus blangorum

G. S. Miller, 1942

Aceh 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 : Rattus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1942-11-13. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part V: Mammals collected by Frederick A. Ulmer, Jr. on Sumatra and Nias. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 94:107-165.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064320

Original name as described

Rattus blangorum

Type material

ANSP 20349

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Blangnanga Base Camp, 3600 feet (= 1097 m), Aceh foothills of Gunung Leuser, northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003615

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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.

Rattus blangorum

G. S. Miller, 1942

Family

Muridae

Root name

blangorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 20349

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

145

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136580/22446358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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