Maxomys wattsi

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Maxomys
Species: Maxomys wattsi

Name

Maxomys wattsi Musser, 1991: 20

• Holotype: MZB 12155, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “Tambusisi Damar, on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi (1°38'S, 121°23'E), 4700 ft [=1432 m], in central Sulawesi,” Indonesia.

References

Primary references

• Musser, G.G. 1991. Sulawesi rodents (Muridae, Murinae): descriptions of new species of Bunomys and Maxomys. American Museum Novitates 3001: 1–41. hdl: 2246/5085 Reference page. 

Links

• Clayton, E. 2016. IUCN: Maxomys wattsi  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12906A22455568. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12906A22455568.en

Vernacular names

English: Watts’s Sulawesi Maxomys