Sommeromys macrorhinos
Musser & Durden, 2002
Sommer's Sulawesi Rat
Distribution :
Recorded only from tropical upper montane rain forest at the type locality.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3438
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Rattini |
| Genus | : Sommeromys |
Species status
Authority citation
Musser, G.G. and Durden, L.A. 2002-01. Sulawesi rodents: Description of a new genus and species of Murinae (Muridae, Rodentia) and its parasitic new species of sucking louse (Insecta, Anoplura). American Museum Novitates 3368:1-50.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60880666Original name as described
Sommeromys macrorhinos
Other common names
Sommer's Rat
Type material
AMNH M-226956
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"2400 m near the summit of Gunung Tokala (02°13'S/120°04'E), a mountain between the Rampi and Seko valleys in the southern section of central Sulawesi (Province Sulawesi Tengah), " Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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