Platacanthomys lasiurus

E. Blyth, 1859

Malabar Spiny Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Platacanthomyidae
Genus : Platacanthomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1859. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for February to May Meetings, 1859. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 28:271-298.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263541

Original name as described

Platacanthomys lasiurus

Other common names

Malabar Spiny Dormouse · Malabar Spiny Mouse

Type material

ZSI 16481, ZSI 16482

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Alipi (= Allepey), Malabar (= Kerala State), India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003771

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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.

Platacanthomys lasiurus

E. Blyth, 1859

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Root name

lasiurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 16481, ZSI 16482

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263541

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17481/115140938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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