Paulamys naso

(Musser, 1981)

Paula's Long-nosed 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: Paulamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. 1981. The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 169:67-176.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/568

Original name as described

Floresomys naso

Other common names

Flores Long-nosed Rat

Type material

RGM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"sediments in Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km south of Lepa, in Menggarai Province, western Flores, " Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003608

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Floresomys naso

Musser, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RGM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

sediments in Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km. south of Lepa, in Menggarai Province, western Flores

Type locality

Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands: Flores.

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Paulamys naso:

Musser, van de Weerd, & Strasser, 1986

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62307001

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser, Weerd & Strasser (1986:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62307001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4069)
Musser & Carleton (1993:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16426/115133302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bunomys naso:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1992

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Oxford

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1992:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63139)

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