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Chiropodomys major Thomas 1893

Description

Chiropodomys major Thomas 1893

Chiropodomys major Thomas 1893, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 11: 344.

Type Locality: Malaysia (Borneo), Sarawak, Sadong.

Vernacular Names: Greater Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse.

Synonyms: Chiropodomys legatus Thomas 1911; Chiropodomys pictor Thomas 1911.

Distribution: Borneo: recorded only from Sarawak and Sabah (Musser, 1979), but probably also occurs in Kalimantan; found between 900 and 1500 m on Mt Kinabalu in Sabah (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Md Nor, 2001).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Most closely related to C. calamianensis in morphology and geography. Member of a group of murines endemic to Borneo that includes Chiropodomys muroides, C. pusillus, Haeromys margaretae, Maxomys alticola, M. baeodon, M. ochraceiventer, Niviventer rapit, Pithecheirops otion, and Rattus baluensis.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1303, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Chiropodomys
Species
major
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chiropodomys major Thomas, 1893 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1893. On some new Bornean mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 11: 341 - 347.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.
  • Md Nor, S. 2001. Elevational diversity patterns of small mammals on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 10: 41 - 62.