Mus mayori

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Mayor's Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Coelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1915-02-02. Scientific results of the mammal survey. No. IX. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(3):413-416.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453838

Original name as described

Coelomys mayori

Other common names

Highland Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/97608d65-09be-4b9d-a15b-a17937dfb214

Type locality

"Pattipola, highlands of Central Province, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], Alt. 6210' [= 1893 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003369

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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.

Coelomys bicolor

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kottawa, Southern Province. Alt. 250'.

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d55273d-cb89-44e4-b6c8-0ed44728490e

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151572

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Phillips (1928:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67776)
Phillips (1929:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)

Coelomys mayori

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

mayori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Pattipola, highlands of Central Province, Ceylon, Alt. 6210.'

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/97608d65-09be-4b9d-a15b-a17937dfb214

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453838

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Phillips (1928:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67776)
Phillips (1929:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)

Mus mayori pococki

Ellerman, 1947

Family

Muridae

Root name

pococki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kottawa, Southern Province. Alt. 250'.

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d55273d-cb89-44e4-b6c8-0ed44728490e

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:613, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus mayori:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

mayori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

612

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722913

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:612, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13969/22405572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus mayori mayori:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

mayori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

613

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722914

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:613, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

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