Taeromys punicans

(G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921)

Sulawesi Forest Rat

Also as Reddish-furred Taeromys.
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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, Ganung Balease base camp, Kecamatan Sukamaju, Kabupaten Luwu UtaraDate taken:27 October 2010Description:Also as Reddish-furred Taeromys.

Distribution :

Sulawesi: known only from the central part and the SW peninsula.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7896

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Taeromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. and Hollister, N. 1921-06-30. Twenty new mammals collected by H. C. Raven in Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 34:93-104.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332368

Original name as described

Rattus punicans

Other common names

Reddish-furred Taeromys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:219625

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/336240389-49eb-4ab3-b64b-96ae7f69c960

Type locality

Pinedapa, 100 ft (30 m), central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003690

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Rattus punicans

G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

punicans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:219625

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Pinedapa, Middle Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi: 1°25′S, 120°35′E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/336240389-49eb-4ab3-b64b-96ae7f69c960

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332368

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller & Hollister (1921:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11432)
Laurie & Hill (1954:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Taeromys punicans:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Muridae

Root name

punicans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Corbet & Hill (1992:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63139)
Musser & Carleton (1993:667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21332/22428334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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