Crunomys tajuddinii

(A. S. Achmadi, Maryanto, & Maharadatunkamsi, 2012)

Tajuddin's 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

Authority citation

Achmadi, A.S., Maryanto, I. and Maharadatunkamsi. 2012. Systematic and description of new species of Maxomys (Muridae). Treubia 39:1-26.

Original name as described

Maxomys tajuddinii

Other common names

Tajuddin's Sundaic Spiny Rat

Type material

MZB 29080

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"One kilometer west of Empakuq village, ca. 10 km toward Melak town, Kutai district (1° 19' 8.11" S, 120° 6' 8" E), East Kalimantan, Indonesia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Maxomys to Crunomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Achmadi, A. S., Maryanto, I., & Maharadatunkamsi (2012). Systematic and Description of new species of Maxomys (Muridae). Treubia, 39, 1-26. · 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/1003570

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.

Maxomys tajuddinii

(A. S. Achmadi, Maryanto, & Maharadatunkamsi, 2012)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tajuddinii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 29080

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45958508/166522724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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