Echiothrix leucura
J. E. Gray, 1867
Northern Sulawesi Spiny Rat
Distribution :
Sulawesi: NE tip of the N peninsula, sea level to 1100 m in lowland tropical evergreen rainforest.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3429
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Rattini |
| Genus | : Echiothrix |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1867-10. Notes on the variegated or yellow-tailed rats of Australasia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2):597-600.
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Original name as described
Echiothrix leucura
Other common names
Northern Sulawesi Echiothrix · Sulawesi Spiny Rat
Type material
BMNH (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Australia." Corrected/restricted by G. H. H. Tate in 1936 to "Menado, north Celebes, " Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 3 names and synonyms.
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