Crunomys inas

(Bonhote, 1906)

Malayan 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

Bonhote, J.L.J. 1906-06-07. On mammals from South Johore and Singapore collected by Mr. C. B. Kloss. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(1):4-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051283

Original name as described

Mus inas

Other common names

Malayan Mountain Maxomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.15.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/333b4b8d-7697-443a-aa7a-52b83bcf4a45

Type locality

Gunung Inas, Perak (Malay Peninsula), Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Thailand?

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. 2025-06-13. 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 (in press).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003561

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus inas

(Bonhote, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

inas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.15.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/333b4b8d-7697-443a-aa7a-52b83bcf4a45

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051283

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Maxomys inas

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

inas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

593

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser, Marshall & Boeadi (1979:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4215)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12897/22456149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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