Maxomys pagensis (Miller 1903)

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 : 1371

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scientific name

Maxomys pagensis (Miller 1903)
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[Mus] pagensis Miller 1903 , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 45: 39.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Pagai Selattan (S Pagai Isl), off coast W Sumatra.

Vernacular Names: Mentawai Archipelago Maxomys.

Distribution: Endemic to islands of South Pagai, North Pagai, Sipora, and Siberut in Mentawai Arch.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Usually listed as a subspecies of M. surifer ( Chasen, 1940) , but treated as a species by Musser et al. (1979) and retained as such by Corbet and Hill (1992). Closest phylogenetic relative is probably M. surifer . Part of the rodent fauna endemic to Mentawai Arch. (see account of Leopoldamys siporanus ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Maxomys

Loc

Maxomys pagensis (Miller 1903)

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

[Mus] pagensis

Miller 1903: 39
1903
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