Rattus omichlodes

Misonne, 1979

Arianus's New Guinea 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

Misonne, X. 1979. Muridae collected in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 50(8):1-16.

Original name as described

Rattus omichlodes

Other common names

Arianus's Rat

Type material

MZB 306

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ertsberg (4°04' S, 137°07' E), 3400 m, western Snow Mountains (= Pegunungan Maoke), Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003651

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 omichlodes

Misonne, 1979

Family

Muridae

Root name

omichlodes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 306

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136785/22442966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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