Lenomys meyeri

(Jentink, 1879)

Meyer's Giant Rat

Also as Meyer's Lenomys · Trefoil-toothed Giant Rat.
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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, Mount LompobattangDate taken:15 September 2025Description:Also as Meyer's Lenomys · Trefoil-toothed Giant Rat.

Distribution :

N, C, and SW Sulawesi Indonesia).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8121

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1879. On various species of Mus, collected by S. C. I. W. van Musschenbroek Esq. in Celebes. Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden 1(1):7-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630891

Original name as described

Mus Meyeri

Other common names

Meyer's Lenomys · Trefoil-toothed Giant Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.18302

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.b

Type locality

Menado, NE peninsula, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003538

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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.

Mus Meyeri

Jentink, 1879

Family

Muridae

Root name

meyeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.18302

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Celebes, Menado

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: North Sulawesi: 1°9′N, 124°50′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18302.b

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630891

Authority publication

Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:472, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

[Lenomys] meyeri:

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Muridae

Root name

meyeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

409 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427530

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:409 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
Trouessart (1904:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller & Hollister (1921:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11432)
Tate & Archbold (1935:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15869)
Sody (1941:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
Laurie & Hill (1954:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:521, 522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Corbet & Hill (1992:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63139)
Musser & Carleton (1993:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Riley (2002:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5877)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11498/22435649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lenomys longicaudus

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:219712

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Gimpoe, Middle Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi: 1°36′S, 119°53′E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3934b5c19-a581-4d47-b0ab-32f0ede324c5

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332337

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller & Hollister (1921:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11432)
Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lenomys meyeri lampo

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

lampo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-101128

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Wawa Karaing, Mt. Lampobatang, southern Celebes; 2200 meters

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: South Sulawesi.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-101128

Authority page

5

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Tate & Archbold (1935:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15869)
Laurie & Hill (1954:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lenomys meyeri meyeri:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Muridae

Root name

meyeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

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