Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Tateomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Tateomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Tateomys
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:
Tateomys
Tateomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Tateomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Melasmothrix Division. Originally, and incorrectly, linked to the 'Rattus chrysocomus group' by Musser (1969b), but morphological, spermatozoal, and ecological characteristics unite Tateomys and the other Sulawesian shrew rat Melasmothrix in the same monophyletic group to the exclusion of either Rattus, Bunomys, or any other Sulawesian endemic (Breed and Musser, 1991; Musser, 1982c). Listed as part of the Sulawesi Old Endemics by Musser (1981c) and revised by him (Musser, 1982c); united wit...