Batomys russatus

Musser, Heaney, & Tabaranza, 1998

Russet Hairy-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G., Heaney, L.R. and Tabaranza, B.R., Jr. 1998-08-27. Philippine rodents: Redefinitions of known species of Batomys (Muridae, Murinae) and description of a new species from Dinagat Island. American Museum Novitates 3237:1-51.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62224918

Original name as described

Batomys russatus

Other common names

Dinagat Hairy-tailed Rat · Russet Batomys

Type material

DMNH 4594

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Libjo (= Albor), Plaridel Municipality, Surigao del Norte Province, Dinagat Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003425

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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.

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Batomys russatus

Musser, Heaney, & Tabaranza, 1998

Family

Muridae

Root name

russatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

DMNH 4594

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Libjo (= Albor), Plaridel Municipality (10*14'N/125*32'E, for Libjo, according to B. R. Tabaranza, Jr; USBGN Philippines, 1989: 657, lists 16 Libjos, one of which has the coordinates 10*12'N/125*32'E) on the western side of Dinagat Island (Surigao del Norte Province), Republic of the Philippines

Type locality

Philippines: Dinagat: 10°14′N, 125°32′E.

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62224918

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136394/22449489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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