Tarsomys echinatus

Musser & Heaney, 1992

Spiny Moss Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Tarsomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. and Heaney, L.R. 1992. Philippine rodents: definitions of Tarsomys and Limnomys plus a preliminary assessment of phylogenetic patterns among native Philippine murines (Murinae, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 211:1-138.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/906

Original name as described

Tarsomys echinatus

Other common names

Mindanao Spiny Rat · Spiny Tarsomys · Spiny Long-footed Rat

Type material

DMNH 5960

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Balisong, 823–1128 m, Tupi, Mount Matutum, South Cotabato Province, southern Mindanao Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003693

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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.

Tarsomys echinatus

Musser & Heaney, 1992

Family

Muridae

Root name

echinatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DMNH 5960

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21496/22459733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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