Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson and Kloss 1916)

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 : 1369

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11334917

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scientific name

Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson and Kloss 1916)
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Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson and Kloss 1916) View in CoL

[Maxomys] hylomyoides ( Robinson and Kloss 1916) View in CoL , J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 73: 273.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Sumatra, Korinchi Peak , 7300 ft (2225 m).

Vernacular Names: Sumatran Mountain Maxomys.

Distribution: Endemic to montane forests in mountainous backbone of W Sumatra.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: At one time listed as a subspecies of M. alticola ( Chasen, 1940) , but later reinstated as a distinctive species ( Medway, 1964; Musser et al., 1979). Member of a suite of murines endemic to Sumatra that includes Maxomys inflatus , Mus crociduroides , Rattus korinchi , and R. hoogerwerfi (Musser, 1986) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Maxomys

Loc

Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson and Kloss 1916)

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

[Maxomys] hylomyoides ( Robinson and Kloss 1916 )

Robinson and Kloss 1916: 273
1916
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