Crunomys tompotika
A. S. Achmadi & P.-H. Fabre in Giarla, A. S. Achmadi, P.-H. Fabre, Handika, Chipps, Swanson, Nations, Morni, William-Dee, Inayah, Dwijayanti, Nurdin, K. E. Griffin, F. A. A. Khan, Heaney, K. C. Rowe, & Esselstyn, 2025
Mount Tompotika Spiny 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 | : Crunomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-08-06. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy 106(4):832-858.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf006Original name as described
Crunomys tompotika
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:213454 (=> MZB 36997)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mount Tompotika, Dusun Trans Tanah Merah, Sampaka Village, Bualemo District, Luwukbanggai Regency, Central Sulawesi Province (0.65008 S, 123.12868 E, 350 m asl)."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
recently described; originally included in an unpublished manuscript under Maxomys, but the species was officially described in 2025 as a member of Crunomys
Taxonomy notes citation
Achmadi, A. S. (2017). Morphological and molecular systematics of Southeast Asian spiny rats (genus Maxomys) with descriptions of two new species from Indonesia (Doctoral dissertation, 北海道大学). · Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2025-06-13. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy (in press).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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