Frateromys fratrorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Frateromys
Species: Frateromys fratrorum

Name

Frateromys fratrorum (Thomas, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1897.1.2.28, subadult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Charles and Ernest Hose on 8 October 1895.
• Type locality: “Rurukan, Celebes, 3,500 feet”.

Combinations

• Mus fratrorum Thomas, 1896: 246 [Original combination]
• Rattus fratrorum: Tate, 1936: 551 [subsequent combination]
• Frateromys fratrorum: Sody, 1941: 316 [subsequent combination]
• Bunomys fratrorum: Musser & Newcomb, 1983: 393 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1896. On mammals from Celebes, Borneo, and the Philippines recently received at the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 18(105): 241–250. BHL Reference page. 
• Tate, G.H.H. 1936. Some Muridae of the Indo-Australian Region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 72: 501–728. hdl: 2246/834 Reference page. 
• Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18(2): 255–325. DOI: 10.14203/treubia.v18i2.2605 Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G. & Newcomb, C. 1983. Malayan murids and the giant rat of Sumatra. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 327–598. hdl: 2246/572 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Handika, H., Achmadi, A.S., Esselstyn, J.A. & Rowe, K.C. 2021. Molecular and morphological systematics of the Bunomys division (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic radiation on Sulawesi. Zoologica Scripta 50(2): 141–154. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12460 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Northeastern Peninsula Hill Rat