Rattus palmarum

(Zelebor, 1868)

Car Nicobar 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

Zelebor, J. 1868-12-17. Säugethiere. Pp. 3–42 in von Wülerstorf-Urbair, B. 1869. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Erster Band. (Wirbelthiere.). Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, 433 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48109774

Original name as described

Mus palmarum

Other common names

Palm Rat · Zelebor's Nicobar Rat

Type locality

Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003653

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 palmarum

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority publication

London

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 (2017:831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19356/115148067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus novarae

(Fitzinger, 1861)

Family

Muridae

Root name

novarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438453

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Mus Palmarum

(Fitzinger, 1861)

Family

Muridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438453

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Mus palmarum

(Zelebor, 1868)

Family

Muridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48109774

Authority publication

Vienna

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