Chrotomys silaceus

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Blazed Luzon Striped Shrew Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-08-01. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from Northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(92):160-164.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122641

Original name as described

Xeromys (?) silaceus

Other common names

Blazed Luzon Shrew Rat · Blazed Luzon Chrotomys · Silver Earth Rat · Silver Chrotomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.2.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59aaae0e-9d80-4ffa-a180-88a64c0560d8

Type locality

"highlands of Northern Luzon." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1898 to "Monte Data, Lepanto, N. Luzon [Island], 8000 feet [= 2438 m], " Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003165

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Xeromys (?) silaceus

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

silaceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.2.16

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in the highlands of Northern Luzon

Type locality

Philippines: Luzon.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59aaae0e-9d80-4ffa-a180-88a64c0560d8

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122641

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1895:161, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15166)
Trouessart (1897:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)

Celænomys silaceus:

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Muridae

Root name

silaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

391

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427512

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
Trouessart (1904:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hollister (1912:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Sanborn (1952:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Chrotomys silaceus:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1992

Family

Muridae

Root name

silaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Oxford

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1992:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63139)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4092/22400657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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