Rattus tawitawiensis

Musser & Heaney, 1985

Tawitawi Forest 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

Musser, G.G. and Heaney, L.R. 1985-06-11. Philippine Rattus: a new species from the Sulu Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 2818:1-32.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62324181

Original name as described

Rattus tawitawiensis

Other common names

Tawitawi Island Rat

Type material

DMNH 3525

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Batu Batu on the southern half of Tawitawi Island, part of the Tawitawi Island Group in the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003670

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 tawitawiensis

Musser & Heaney, 1985

Family

Muridae

Root name

tawitawiensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DMNH 3525

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62324181

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19319/115145911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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