Srilankamys ohiensis

(W. W. A. Phillips, 1929)

Ohia 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 : Srilankamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ceylon J. Sci., Sec. B, vol. 15, 167

Original name as described

Rattus ohiensis

Other common names

Phillips's Srilankamys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1929.1.30.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

West Haputale, Ohiya, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003680

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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 ohiensis

(W. W. A. Phillips, 1929)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ohiensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1929.1.30.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Ceylon Journal of Science

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Srilankamys ohiensis

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

ohiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

555

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20688/22409849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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