Crunomys surifer
(G. S. Miller, 1900)
Indomalayan 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
Authority citation
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-04-21. Seven new rats collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Siam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:137-150.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308258Original name as described
Mus surifer
Other common names
Indomalayan Maxomys · Red Spiny Rat · Red Maxomys · Red Spiny Maxomys
Type material
USNM:MAMM:86746
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/343059860-99e3-40bf-af9b-aa72b1e9d8d2Type locality
"mounatin of Trong, Lower Siam [= Peninsular Thailand], at an altitude of about 3, 000 feet [= 914 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China? · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Myanmar · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei
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
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