Berylmys latouchei

(O. Thomas, 1897)

West Chinese White-toothed 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: Berylmys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1897-07-01. Description of a new rat from China. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(115):113-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415085

Original name as described

Mus Latouchei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/306b0351-f9e2-4e0a-9156-e48f37f22d93

Type locality

"Kuatun, N.W. Fokien (= Fujian)", China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from B. bowersii

Taxonomy notes citation

Xu, Y.-f., Hu, J.-x., Shi, Z.-f., Chen, W.-w., Zhou, J.-j., Zhang, B.-w., Yong, F., Khanal, L., Jiang, X.-l. and Chen, Z.-z. 2023. Integrative systematics and evolutionary history of Berylmys bowersi (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae). Ecology and Evolution 13(7):e10234. doi:10.1002/ece3.10234

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006779

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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 Latouchei

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

latouchei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kuatun, N.W. Fokien

Type locality

China: Fujian.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/306b0351-f9e2-4e0a-9156-e48f37f22d93

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415085

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus bowersii latouchei:

Pen Hungshou, Kao Yüehting, Lu Changkwun, Feng Tsochien, & Chen Chinghsiung, 1962

Family

Muridae

Root name

latouchei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Acta Zoologica Sinica

Name usages

Pen, Kao, Lu, Feng & Chen (1962:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66053)

Berylmys latouchei:

Xu Yifan, Hu Jiangxiao, Shi Zifan, Chen Wenwen, Zhou Jiajun, Zhang Baowei, Yong Fan, Khanal, Jiang Xuelong, & Chen Zhongzheng, 2023

Family

Muridae

Root name

latouchei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Ecology and Evolution

Name usages

Xu, Hu, Shi, Chen, Zhou, Zhang, Yong, Khanal, Jiang & Chen (2023:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62612)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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