Rattus lugens

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Mentawai Archipelago 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. 1903-11-06. Seventy new Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Collections 45:1-73.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809920

Original name as described

Mus lugens

Type material

USNM:MAMM:121533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30be424ff-72b4-4d12-8e50-89eb6750add9

Type locality

Pulau Utara Pagai (= North Pagai Island), Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003636

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 rattus mentawi

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

Family

Muridae

Root name

mentawi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1439

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36296f34-28ed-4d27-b1fc-1dcab1742c14

Authority page

831

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Sody (1941:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Mus lugens

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lugens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30be424ff-72b4-4d12-8e50-89eb6750add9

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809920

Authority publication

Smithsonian Collections

Rattus rattus lugens

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

lugens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

276

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Rattus lugens

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

lugens

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 #19342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19342/115147552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

mentawai

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

mentawai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1473

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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