Rattus mindorensis

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Mindoro 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

Thomas, O. 1897-06-26. Mr. O. Thomas read an account of the mammals obtained by Mr. J. Whitehead during the last three years in the Philippine Islands. The Athenaeum 3635:844.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=KWlIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA844

Original name as described

Mus mindorensis

Other common names

Mindoro Black Rat · Mindoro Soft-furred Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.3.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/586678fb-abb6-4589-a445-fe4118d56898

Type locality

Mount Dulangan, 5000 ft (= 1524 m), Mindoro Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003640

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.

Mus mindorensis

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.3.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/586678fb-abb6-4589-a445-fe4118d56898

Authority page

844

Authority publication

The Athenaeum

Limnomys picinus

(Hollister, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

picinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:144605

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3931427c2-ea89-47cb-816b-abc322d9aabe

Authority page

325

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761599

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Mus mindorensis

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished

Authority page

577

Authority publication

Minutes of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Rattus mindorensis

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

mindorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

551

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19346/22443042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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