Rattus tunneyi

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Australian Pale Field 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

Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11:222-229.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858950

Original name as described

Mus tunneyi

Other common names

Pale Field Rat · Tunney's Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.3.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10faa09a-39b1-4def-8243-6fc7884dd98e

Type locality

"Mary River," Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003673

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 culmorum apex

Troughton, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

apex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.3371

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

280

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Mus Australasicus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

australasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.4.39, BMNH:Mamm:1843.8.10.3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729781

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Rattus culmorum vallesius

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

vallesius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.8.14.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/375a4380-f322-4634-808b-02de3f989830

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196601

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rattus culmorum austrinus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

austrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.336

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25816618-bcb9-4fed-89f0-68d6924e8c06

Authority page

427

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196602

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus tunneyi

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tunneyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.3.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10faa09a-39b1-4def-8243-6fc7884dd98e

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858950

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Mus woodwardi

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

woodwardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.1.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ce2b0be5-8c94-4a9a-84e0-533cc2bcb0a1

Authority page

374

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494466

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus culmorum

(O. Thomas & Dollman, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

culmorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.9.15.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d3146720-aaf6-41e4-8473-a42c5c35eab2

Authority page

790

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31939034

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Rattus melvilleus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

melvilleus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.6.28.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84725cf1-90c4-46f1-a0b3-3a5547610adf

Authority page

427

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196602

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rattus tunneyi dispar

Brazenor, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

dispar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C4908

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52093368

Authority publication

Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus gestri apex

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

apex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus greyi austrinus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

austrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

330

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus culmorum

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

culmorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

346

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus tunneyi melvilleus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

melvilleus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

346

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus tunneyi

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

tunneyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19369/115150024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus tunneyi tunneyi

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

tunneyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Rattus youngi vallesius

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

vallesius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus tunneyi woodwardi

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

woodwardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

346

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus tunneyi culmorum

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

culmorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

851

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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