Taeromys dominator

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: Taeromys
Species: Taeromys dominator

Name

Taeromys dominator (Thomas, 1921)

• Holotype: BMNH 1897.1.2.24, sadult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Charles Hose on 14 November 1895.
• Type locality: “Minahassa, N. Celebes. Type from Mt. Masarang, 4000'”.

Combinations

• Rattus dominator Thomas, 1921: 244 [Original combination]
• Taeromys dominator: Sody, 1941: 312 [subsequent combination]
• Rattus (Paruromys) dominator: Ellerman in Laurie & Hill, 1954: 117 [subsequent combination]
• Paruromys dominator: Musser & Newcomb, 1983: 503 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1921. On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muridæ from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 7(39): 243–249. BHL 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. 
• Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. British Museum: London. 175 pp. BHL 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: Giant Sulawesi Rat