Phloeomys pallidus

Nehring, 1890

Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat

Side view, front feet visible [hind feet and tail not visible]. Also as Northern Luzon Phloeomys.
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Location:USA, DC, Washington, National Zoological ParkDate taken:1 January 1994Description:Side view, front feet visible [hind feet and tail not visible]. Also as Northern Luzon Phloeomys.

Distribution :

Greater Luzon Faunal Region. Endemic to N and C Luzon; widespread in primary and secondary tropical forests from sea level to at least 2000 m.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1365

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Nehring, A. 1890. Herr Nehring sprach über Säugethiere der Philippinen, namentlich über Phloeomys Cumingi Waterh. und Bubalus mindorensis Heude. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1890:101-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791064

Original name as described

Phloeomys pallidus

Other common names

Northern Luzon Phloeomys

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003439

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Phloeomys pallidus

Nehring, 1890

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Luzon

Type locality

Philippines: Luzon.

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791064

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Thomas (1898:399, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
Hollister (1912:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Lawrence (1939:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17817)
Ellerman (1941:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6150)
Sanborn (1952:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
Corbet & Hill (1980:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17004/22454049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Phlaeomys pallidus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

354

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423235

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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