Saxatilomys paulinae

Musser, A. L. Smith, M. F. Robinson, & D. P. Lunde, 2005

Paulina's Limestone 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 : Saxatilomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Musser, G.G., Smith, A.L., Robinson, M.F. and Lunde, D.P. 2005-11-29. Description of a new genus and species of rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Lao PDR. American Museum Novitates 3497:1-31.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796336

Original name as described

Saxatilomys paulinae

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:2000.292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4722271f-caf8-41c5-b1be-a3e85bdc80c9

Type locality

"Ban (5 village) Mauang and Ban Doy (178339150N/1048499300E), Thakhet District, on the southwest margin of the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area (178269–188059N/1048259–1058109E), Lao PDR, approximately 18 km north of the town of Thakhek."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

recently described genus and species

Taxonomy notes citation

Musser, G. G., Smith, A. L., Robinson, M. F., & Lunde, D. P. (2005). Description of a new genus and species of rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Lao PDR. American Museum Novitates, 3497, 1-31.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003678

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.

Saxatilomys paulinae

Musser, A. L. Smith, M. F. Robinson, & D. P. Lunde, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

paulinae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2000.292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4722271f-caf8-41c5-b1be-a3e85bdc80c9

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796336

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136806/22411127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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