Rattus richardsoni

Tate, 1949

Richardson's New Guinea Mountain 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

Tate, G.H.H. 1949-07-29. A new species of Rattus from the Snow Mountains of Netherlands New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1421:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170215

Original name as described

Rattus richardsoni

Other common names

Glacier Rat · Richardson's Mountain Rat

Type material

AMNH M-150701

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-150701

Type locality

"near Lake Habbema, north of Mt. Wilhelmina, Netherlands New Guinea, altitude 3225 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003660

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 richardsoni

Tate, 1949

Family

Muridae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-150701

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-150701

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Taylor, Calaby & Van Deusen (1982:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4072)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20759/22440232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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