Maxomys rajah
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Maxomys rajah (Thomas 1894)
[Maxomys] rajah (Thomas 1894), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 451.
Type Locality: Malaysia, Sarawak (N Borneo), Gunung Batu Song.
Vernacular Names: Rajah Sundaic Maxomys.
Synonyms: Maxomys hidongis (Kloss 1921); Maxomys lingensis (Miller 1900); Maxomys pellax (Miller 1900); Maxomys similis (Robinson and Kloss 1916).
Distribution: Endemic to the Sunda Shelf; Peninsular Thailand south of Isthmus of Kra, Malay Peninsula, Riau Arch., Sumatra, amd Borneo; absent from Java and Bali.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Insular distribution similar in broad outline to that of M. whiteheadi. Once regarded as conspecific with M. surifer (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Misonne, 1969), but occurs sympatrically with that species, and although samples of each are regularly misidentified, the two differ in a suite of morphological, ecological, behavioral, and biochemical traits, as well as albumin immunology (Chan et al., 1979; Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser et al., 1979; Yong, 1972; Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A2267A57FF8A65DA07E1D2E970F9422A (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03046E1DFE3C88519150F8A2B1C5CB8A (URL)
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- Thomas, O. 1894. On the mammals of Nyasaland: Third contribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 136 - 142.
- Kloss, C. B. 1921. Some rats and mice of the Malay Archipelago. Treubia, 2: 115 - 124.
- Robinson, H. C., and C. B. Kloss. 1916. Preliminary diagnoses of some new species and subspecies of mammals and birds obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb. - June 1914. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 73: 269 - 278.
- Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
- Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae: Evolutionary trends. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Serie IN- 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 172: 1 - 219.
- Chan, K. L., S. S. Dhaliwal, and H. S. Yong. 1979. Protein variation and systematics of three subgenera of Malayan rats (Rodentia: Muridae, genus Rattus Fischer). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 64 B: 329 - 337.
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.
- Yong, H. - S. 1972. The systematic status of Malayan Rattus rajah and Rattus surifer. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 23: 157 - 165.
- Watts, C. H. S., and P. R. Baverstock. 1994 b. Evolution in some South-east Asian Murinae (Rodentia), as assessed by microcomplement fixation of albumin, and their relationship to Australian murines. Australian Journal of Zoology, 42: 711 - 722.