Rattus montanus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1932

Sri Lankan 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

Ceylon J. Sci., Sec. B, vol. 16, 323

Original name as described

Rattus montanus

Other common names

Jungle Rat · Nellu Rat · Nillu Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1931.11.7.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98e206b1-ba0d-4bbc-9c63-0f048c8ded82

Type locality

Ohiya, 6000 ft (= 1830 m), West Haputale, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003642

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 montanus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1931.11.7.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98e206b1-ba0d-4bbc-9c63-0f048c8ded82

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Ceylon Journal of Science

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19348/22443205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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