Margaretamys beccarii

(Jentink, 1880)

Beccari's Margareta Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1880. A Celebian mouse renamed. Notes from the Leyden Museum 2(1):11-12.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629217

Original name as described

Mus beccarii

Other common names

Beccari's Margaretamys · Spiny Lowland Margaretamys

Type material

RMNH.MAM.18305

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18305.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18305.b

Type locality

Menado-Langkowah, Minahassa Region, north-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003551

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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 leucopus:

Jentink, 1879

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630887

Authority publication

Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden

Name usages

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

Mus beccarii

Jentink, 1880

Family

Muridae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.18305

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: North Sulawesi.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18305.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18305.b

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629217

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:473, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Matschie (1901:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25232517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38888)
Trouessart (1904:373, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Rattus thysanurus

Sody, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

thysanurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.21235

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: North Sulawesi.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21235.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21235.b

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Natuurhistorich Maandblad

Name usages

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

Rattus beccarii:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Muridae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635712

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Margaretamys beccarii:

Musser, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

beccarii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

276

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Musser (1981:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8641)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Corbet & Hill (1992:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63139)
Musser & Carleton (1993:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12795/22459082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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