Crunomys wattsi

(Musser, 1991)

Watts's Sulawesi 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

Musser, G.G. 1991-03-07. Sulawesi rodents: descriptions of new species of Bunomys and Maxomys (Muridae, Murinae). American Museum Novitates 3001:1-41.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62243301

Original name as described

Maxomys wattsi

Other common names

Watts's Spiny Rat · Watts's Sulawesi Maxomys

Type material

MZB 12155

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Tambusisi Damar, on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi (1°38'S, 121°23'E), 4700 ft [= 1433 m], in central Sulawesi, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003572

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 wattsi

(Musser, 1991)

Family

Muridae

Root name

wattsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 12155

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62243301

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12906/115108361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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