Tokudaia osimensis

(Y. Abe, 1933)

Amami Spiny Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Abe, Y. 1933-07-01. アマミトゲネズミに就いて. Botany & Zoology 1:936-942.

Original name as described

Rattus jerdoni osimensis

Other common names

Amami Oshima Spiny Rat · Ryukyu Spiny Rat

Type material

Abe (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Sumiyo, Mt. Kiyago-kan, Amami-oshima, Ryukyu Iskands, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003030

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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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Rattus jerdoni osimensis

Y. Abe, 1933

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Abe (unnumbered)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

[Amami]

Type locality

Japan: Kyūshū Region: Kagoshima Prefecture.

Authority page

942

Authority publication

Botany & Zoology

Name usages

Abe (1933:942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69099)
Kuroda (1939:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9223)

Tokudamys osimensis:

D. H. Johnson, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566315

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Johnson (1946:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15635)

Tokudamys osimensis osimensis:

D. H. Johnson, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566315

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Johnson (1946:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15635)

Tokudaia osimensis:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

558

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722859

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:558, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21973/22409638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tokudaia osimensis osimensis:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

osimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

558

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722859

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:558, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

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