Rattus pelurus

Sody, 1941

Peleng Island Xanthurus 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

Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18(2):255-325.

Original name as described

Rattus foramineus pelurus

Other common names

Peleng Rat · Peleng Xanthurus Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.9800.a, RMNH.MAM.9800.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.b

Type locality

Pulau Peleng (1°23' S, 123°14' E), east of Sulawesi, Kepulauan Banggai, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003654

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 foramineus pelurus

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

pelurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9800.a, RMNH.MAM.9800.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.b

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Rattus pelurus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

pelurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19357/115148247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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