Cannomys badius

(B. H. Hodgson, 1841)

Lesser Bamboo Rat

Oblique view of face with mouth open, in grassy vegetation. Also as Bay Bamboo Rat.
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Location:ThailandDate taken:1 January 1983Description:Oblique view of face with mouth open, in grassy vegetation. Also as Bay Bamboo Rat.

Distribution :

E Nepal, through NE India, Bhutan, SE Bangladesh, Burma, S China, NW Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 869

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Spalacidae
Subfamily: Rhizomyinae
Tribe: Rhizomyini
Genus: Cannomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hodgson, B.H. 1841. New species of Rhizomys discovered in Nepal. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 2:60-62.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126816

Original name as described

Rhizomys badius

Other common names

Bay Bamboo Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc28083f-0b04-4ad1-936f-626682e1f22e

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Bhutan · Cambodia · China · India · Laos · Myanmar · Nepal · Thailand · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003787

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.

Total: 15 names and synonyms.

Rhizomys badius

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.61

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in the mountains some miles north of the great valley [of Nepal]

Type locality

Nepal.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc28083f-0b04-4ad1-936f-626682e1f22e

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126816

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1841:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
Hodgson (1844:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
Horsfield (1857:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
Blyth (1863:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Blyth (1863:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37486369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72573)
Murray (1866:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Jerdon (1867:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Trouessart (1897:569, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Rhizomys minor

J. E. Gray, 1842

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.526

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

India or Cochin China?

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/16d15df3-a1fc-4010-ae01-b7f7ba1668d1

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324290

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Blyth (1875:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhizomys castaneus

E. Blyth, 1843

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Arracan

Type locality

Myanmar.

Authority page

1007

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40060996

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1863:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Blyth (1875:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
Blanford (1878:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68519)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhizomys badius minor:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423346

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Cannomys badius:

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003676

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1915:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18040)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:552, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Sanborn (1952:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
Corbet & Hill (1980:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:477, 478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Corbet & Hill (1992:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63139)
Musser & Carleton (1993:685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Smith & Xie (2008:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3759/115066803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cannomys castaneus:

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003676

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1915:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18040)

Cannomys minor:

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003676

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1915:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18040)
Gyldenstolpe (1916:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)

Cannomys pater

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

pater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.19.231

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mt. Popa, dry zone of Burma

Type locality

Myanmar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/07db19f0-c012-475d-84be-2fa12cf29144

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003945

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cannomys castaneus plumbescens

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

plumbescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.8.48

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Plateau of Northern Shan States. Type from Gokteik, 2130', other specimens from Pyaunggaung, 2790', and Mansam Falls, 2000'.

Type locality

Myanmar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ea4aad9-9ba9-4e5a-bd92-8bb4fe89763a

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003945

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Cannomys minor lönnbergi

Gyldenstolpe, 1916

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

lonnbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sakerat in Eastern Siam

Type locality

Thailand.

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891635

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1916:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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