Paulamys naso

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: Paulamys
Species: Paulamys naso

Paulamys naso (Musser, 1981)

Holotype: RGM, adult indet., right dentary with a complete molar row and part of the incisor.
Type locality: “Liang Toge, a cave near Warukia, 1 km. south of Lepa, in Menggarai Province, western Flores”, Indonesia.

Musser, G.G. 1981. The giant rat of Flores and its relatives east of Borneo and Bali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 169: 67–176. hdl: 2246/568 Reference page.
Musser, G.G., Van den Weerd, A. & Strasser, E. 1986. Paulamys, a replacement name for Floresomys, 1981 (Muridae), and new material of that taxon from Flores, Indonesia. American Museum Novitates 2850: 1–10. hdl: 2246/5247 Reference page.

Kitchener, D.J., How, R.A. & Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Paulamys sp. cf. P. naso (Musser, 1981) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia-- description from a modern specimen and a consideration of its phylogenetic affinities. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 171–189.
Kitchener, D.J., Yani, M. & McCulloch, C. 1998. Aspects of the biology of Bunomys naso (Musser, 1986), a rare murid rodent from Flores Island, Indonesia. Tropical Biodiversity 5(1): 75–80.

Clayton, E. 2016. IUCN: Paulamys naso (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16426A22466182. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16426A22466182.en

English: Paula’s Long-nosed Rat