Rattus ranjiniae

Agrawal & Ghosal, 1969

Ranjini's 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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, vol. 22, 41

Original name as described

Rattus ranjiniae

Other common names

Kerala Rat · Ranjini's Field Rat

Type material

ZSI 19112

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Trivandrum, Kerala State, south-western Indian Peninsula, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003658

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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 ranjiniae

Agrawal & Ghosal, 1969

Family

Muridae

Root name

ranjiniae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 19112

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19359/115148504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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