Halmaheramys bokimekot

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: Halmaheramys
Species: Halmaheramys bokimekot

Name

Halmaheramys bokimekot Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi & Helgen, 2013: 425

• Holotype: MZB 33266, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “15 km north-west of Sagea village, (central Halmahera, Halmahera Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia), at 723 m a.s.l. Coordinates: 00°36′42.60″ N, 128°2′49.00″E”.

References

Primary references

• Fabre, P.-H., Pagès, M., Musser, G.G., Fitriana, Y.S., Fjeldså, J., Jennings, A., Jønsson, K., Kennedy, J., Michaux, J., Semiadi, G., Supriatna, N. & Helgen, K.M. 2013. A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169(2): 408–447. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12061 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Boki Mekot Spiny Rat