Rattus giluwensis

J. Edwards Hill, 1960

Mount Giluwe 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

Hill, J.E. 1960. Renaming of _Rattus ruber melanurus_ Laurie and Hill, 1954. Journal of Mammalogy 41(2):277.

Original name as described

Rattus ruber giluwensis

Other common names

Giluwe Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1953.256

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mount Giluwe, 11,000–12,000 feet (= 3350–3660 m), Papua, north-eastern New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003627

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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 ruber melanurus

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1953.256

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635706

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Rattus ruber giluwensis

J. Edwards Hill, 1960

Family

Muridae

Root name

giluwensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1953.256

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

277

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Rattus giluwensis

J. M. Taylor, Calaby, & Van Deusen, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

giluwensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

254

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Taylor, Calaby & Van Deusen (1982:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4072)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19318/22444795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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