Pithecheir parvus 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 : 1439

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scientific name

Pithecheir parvus Kloss 1916
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Pithecheir parvus Kloss 1916 View in CoL

Pithecheir parvus Kloss 1916 View in CoL , J. Fed. Malay St. Mus ., 6: 250.

Type Locality: Malay Peninsula, Selangor, Bukit Kutu , near Kuala Kubu, 3,400 ft (1035 m).

Vernacular Names: Malay Peninsula Pithecheir.

Distribution: Malay Peninsula (Pahang and Selangor).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of P. melanurus , but parvus is a distinctive species endemic to Malay Peninsula ( Musser and Newcomb, 1983; Muul and Lim, 1971). Karyotype has same diploid number as Hapalomys longicaudus , but is uninformative about inferring phylogenetic relationships (Yong, et al., 1982). Spermatozoal morphology very distinctive (no apical hook), unlike that of any other Sundaic endemic ( Breed and Yong, 1986), and resembling sperm of Sulawesian Lenomys and Eropeplus ( Breed and Musser, 1991) . Joins Maxomys inas and Niviventer cameroni in being the only recorded endemic murines on the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra (Musser, 1986; see account of Niviventer cameroni ). Distribution of P. parvus has been restricted to south of the Isthmus of Kra since early Pleistocene. Isolated molars identified as this species have been recovered from early and middle Pleistocene cave sediments in peninsular Thailand south of the Isthmus ( Chaimanee, 1998).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Pithecheir

Loc

Pithecheir parvus Kloss 1916

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

Pithecheir parvus

Kloss 1916: 250
1916
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