Rattus hoogerwerfi

Chasen, 1939

Hoogerwerf's Sumatran 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

Chasen, F.N. 1939. Two new mammals from North Sumatra. Treubia 17(3):207-208.

Original name as described

Rattus hoogerwerfi

Other common names

Atjehan Mountain Rat · Hoogerwerf's Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.9824.a, RMNH.MAM.9824.b (= MZB 311)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9824.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9824.b

Type locality

Blang Kedjeren, 2900 ft (= 885 m), Gunung Leuser, Aceh, western Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003630

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.

Rattus hoogerwerfi

Chasen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

hoogerwerfi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9824.a, RMNH.MAM.9824.b (= MZB 311)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9824.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9824.b

Authority page

207

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19336/115147169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cironomys hoogerwerfi

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hoogerwerfi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

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