Crunomys alticola

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Bornean Mountain Spiny 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: Crunomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1888-10-31. Diagnoses of four new mammals from the Malayan Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)2(11):407-409.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25123456

Original name as described

Mus alticola

Other common names

Bornean Mountain Maxomys · Mountain Spiny Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6e584bd-3834-4dc1-9d22-7153b1ca726b

Type locality

"Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo, " Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Maxomys to Crunomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy 106(4):832-858. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaf006

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003555

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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 alticola

O. Thomas, 1888

Family

Muridae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.31

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo

Type locality

Malaysia: Sabah.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6e584bd-3834-4dc1-9d22-7153b1ca726b

Authority page

408

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25123456

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:481, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Rattus alticola kinabaluensis

Chasen, 1937

Family

Muridae

Root name

kinabaluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1466 (= ZRC RM 4099)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lumu Lumu, Mt. Kinabalu, British North Borneo, 5, 500 ft.

Type locality

Malaysia: Sabah.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/df267ab7-05d2-452e-af23-00119140a8c6

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus alticola:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1941:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
Ellerman (1947:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
Davis (1962:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)

Rattus alticola alticola:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Maxomys alticola:

Musser, J. T. Marshall, & Boeadi, 1979

Family

Muridae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

593

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Musser, Marshall & Boeadi (1979:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4215)
Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12891/22456305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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