Rattus osgoodi

Musser & Newcomb, 1985

Osgood's Vietnamese 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

Musser, G.G. and Newcomb, C. 1985-04-11. Definitions of Indochinese _Rattus losea_ and a new species from Vietnam. American Museum Novitates 2814:1-32.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62327493

Original name as described

Rattus osgoodi

Other common names

Osgood's Rat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:46761

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=c8167314-2ff6-4f3b-bf63-6a05181975e4

Type locality

"Langbian Peak, probably 5000 ft [= 1524 m]," Lâm Ðồng Province, southern Vietnam.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003652

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 osgoodi

Musser & Newcomb, 1985

Family

Muridae

Root name

osgoodi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:46761

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=c8167314-2ff6-4f3b-bf63-6a05181975e4

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62327493

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19355/22442314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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