Diplothrix legata

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Ryukyu Islands Tree Rat

Also as Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat · Ryukyu Rat.
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Location:Japan, Kagoshima Prefecture, Amami ŌshimaDate taken:Aug 28, 2016Description : Also as Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat · Ryukyu Rat.

Distribution :

Japan, Ryukyu Isls of Amami-oshima, Tokun-oshima, and Okinawa (known by modern specimens only in north, but by Quaternary fossils from farther south on island, and from Miyako Isl, about 250 km SW of Okinawa)

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7800

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1906-01-01. On a second species of Lenothrix from the Liu Kiu Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(97):88-89.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472125

Original name as described

Lenothrix legata

Other common names

Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat · Ryukyu Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.3.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/96098a6e-e2e9-421d-b601-c3e3d334890f

Type locality

"Oshima, northern group of Liu Kiu Islands [= Ryukyu Islands], " Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003527

Country distribution map

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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.

Lenothrix legata

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

legata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.3.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/96098a6e-e2e9-421d-b601-c3e3d334890f

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472125

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Mus bowersii var. okinavensis

(Namie, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

okinavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

455

Authority publication

Zoological Magazine, Tokyo

Name usages

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

Diplothrix legata

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

legata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

404 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151975

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:404 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15365)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6671/22459891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus legatus

(Ellerman, 1947)

Family

Muridae

Root name

legata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

268

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Ellerman (1947:268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Diplothrix legatus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

legata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

516

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

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