Hyomys goliath

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1900)

Eastern White-eared Giant 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: Hyomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1900. Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Rongeurs (Muridés) originaires de la Nouvelle-Guinée méridionale. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 6(4):165-167.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5020942

Original name as described

Mus Goliath

Other common names

Eastern Hyomys

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1900-397 (= MNHN:type:360) (= MNHN "1066A")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1900-397

Type locality

highlands of Aroa River Basin, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003184

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Mus Goliath

A. Milne-Edwards, 1900

Family

Muridae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1900-397 (= MNHN:type:360) (= MNHN "1066A")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Les animaux qui le constituent ont tous été tués dans la partie haute du bassin de la rivière Aroa, à une altitude de 3, 000 à 7, 000 pieds.

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1900-397

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5020942

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Hyomys meeki

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

meeki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.12.1.12

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Avera, Aroa River, British New Guinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/24f6e308-ac26-4e97-9401-8f59a39b7e19

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610261

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Stein (1933:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27653)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hyomys strobilurus

H. Rümmler, 1933

Family

Muridae

Root name

strobilurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 34356

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sattelberg, Deutsch-Neuguinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province.

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342799

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hyomys goliath:

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

276

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Laurie & Hill (1954:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10633/22407102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hyomys goliath goliath:

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

276

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Laurie & Hill (1954:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Hyomys goliath strobilurus:

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

strobilurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

277

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)
Laurie & Hill (1954:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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