Rattus pococki

Ellerman, 1941

Pocock's New Guinea Highland 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

Ellerman, J.R., 2nd Baronet. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Volume II. Family Muridae. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, Families and Genera of Living Rodents, 690 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410525

Original name as described

Rattus niobe pococki

Other common names

Pocock's Highland Rat

Type material

ZMB 45679

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mount Sumuri, 2500 m, Weyland Range, Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003655

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.

Stenomys niobe clarae

(H. Rümmler, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

clarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZMB 45679

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367534

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Rattus niobe pococki

Ellerman, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

pococki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZMB 45679

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410525

Authority publication

Families and Genera of Living Rodents

Name usages

Tate (1951:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus pococki

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

pococki

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 (2017:846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136632/22440169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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