Rattus macleari

(O. Thomas, 1887)

Maclear's 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: Rattus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1887-10. I. Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887(3):511-514.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28700454

Original name as described

Mus macleari

Other common names

Maclear's Christmas Island Rat

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Christmas I, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Christmas Island

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003638

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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.

Mus macleari

O. Thomas, 1887

Family

Muridae

Root name

macleari

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Christmas Island

Type locality

Australia: Christmas Island.

Authority page

513

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28700454

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:472, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Andrews (1900:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36497279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69215)
Trouessart (1904:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Jackson & Groves (2015:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Epimys macleari:

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

macleari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151976

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thomas (1916:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15365)

Rattus macleari:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

macleari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman (1947:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14226)
Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Jackson & Groves (2015:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19344/22440729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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