Leopoldamys siporanus

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat

Also as Mentawai Archipelago Leopoldamys, Mentawai Archipelago Long-tailed Giant Rat.
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Location:Indonesia, West Sumatra province, Mentawai Islands regency, SiberutDate taken:10 September 2024Description:Also as Mentawai Archipelago Leopoldamys, Mentawai Archipelago Long-tailed Giant Rat.

Distribution :

Endemic to Mentawai Arch.; islands of Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai, and South Pagai.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7427

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-01-07. On some mammals collected by Dr. E. Modigliani in Sipora, Mentawei islands. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 34:660-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940710

Original name as described

Mus siporanus

Other common names

Mentawai Archipelago Leopoldamys · Mentawai Archipelago Long-tailed Giant Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.1.9.13, MSNG (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d06ce864-f0b0-44be-9177-ab8cf8864999

Type locality

Pulau Sipora, Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003548

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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 siporanus

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Muridae

Root name

siporanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.1.9.13, MSNG (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Sereinu (Sipora)

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: Sipora.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d06ce864-f0b0-44be-9177-ab8cf8864999

Authority page

670

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940710

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Mus soccatus

G. S. Miller, 1903

Family

Muridae

Root name

soccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121549

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: North Pagai.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33cabd023-c8f1-4ae7-9fe6-a57347851c52

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809917

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Rattus sabanus siporanus:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

siporanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1941:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Rattus sabanus soccatus:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

soccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1941:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Leopoldamys siporanus:

Musser, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

siporanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

257

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser (1981:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8641)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11521/22434628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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