Rattus villosissimus

(E. R. Waite, 1898)

Australian Long-haired 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

Waite, E.R. 1898. XIII.—Observations on Muridae from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10:114-128.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8361829

Original name as described

Mus villosissimus

Other common names

Long-haired Rat · Plague Rat

Type material

AM PA.62

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Central Australia." Identified by J. A. Mahoney and B. J. Richardson in 1988 as "probably the vicinity of Goonhaghooheeny Billabong, Cooper Creek," Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003676

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.

Mus longipilis

(J. Gould, 1854)

Family

Muridae

Root name

longipilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AM PA.62

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. III-13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49705948

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Mus villosissimus

(E. R. Waite, 1898)

Family

Muridae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

AM PA.62

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8361829

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Name usages

Waite (1898:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8361829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66096)

Pseudomys Greyii

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Muridae

Root name

greyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1260, BMNH:Mamm:1841.1261, BMNH:Mamm:1841.1262

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b22bee36-c62e-43e8-a6c7-63cf7b0d94aa

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729784

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Rattus villosissimus profusus

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

profusus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1941.1262

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

620

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196803

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus villosissimus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1951:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19371/115150362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus villosissimus villosissimus

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

villosissimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

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