Margaretamys elegans Musser 1981

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1359

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Margaretamys elegans Musser 1981
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Margaretamys elegans Musser 1981 View in CoL

Margaretamys elegans Musser 1981 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 168: 286.

Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Nokilalaki , 6500 ft (1980 m).

Vernacular Names: Elegant Margaretamys.

Distribution: Originally recorded only from 1600-2285 m in montane rain forest on Gunung Nokilalaki , but a specimen ( AMNH 267763) was obtained from farther south in the Mamasa Area (02 o 56'S / 119 o 22'E) of C Sulawesi. Probably occurs on mountains elsewhere in C core of the island.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: The largest in body size of the three species and the most squirrel-like in habitus.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Margaretamys

Loc

Margaretamys elegans Musser 1981

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Margaretamys elegans

Musser 1981: 286
1981
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