Taxonomy Profile: Sommeromys (Musser and Durden 2002)

Sommeromys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sommeromys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Sommeromys
Sommeromys Direct Children(s):
Sommeromys macrorhinos
(Musser and Durden 2002)
Sommeromys: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sommeromys
Sommeromys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Sommeromys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Crunomys Division. Monotypic and represented only by the holotype. Morphology of skin, skull, dentition, and stomach described and contrasted with other murines, particularly the Sulawesian shrew rats (Melasmothrix, Tateomys, and Echiothrix) and Sulawesi and Philippine shrew mice (Crunomys) by Musser and Durden (2002). Certain derived cranial osteological and cephalic arterial complexes suggest affinity with Crunomys; otherwise, Sommeromys has no close morphological or phylogenetic affinity...