Rattus korinchi

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Sumatran Mountain 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

Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1916. Preliminary diagnoses of some new species and subspecies of mammals and birds obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.—June 1914. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 73:269-278.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809751

Original name as described

Epimys korinchi

Other common names

Kerinci Rat

Type material

FMSM 442/14

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sungai Kring, 7300 ft (= 2225 m), Gunung Kerinci, Propinsi Jambi, western Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003633

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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.

Epimys korinchi

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

korinchi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMSM 442/14

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809751

Authority publication

Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Rattus korinchi

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

korinchi

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 (2017:837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19339/22440359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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