Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Tokudaia muenninki
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Tokudaia muenninki
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:
Tokudaia muenninki
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:
Tokudaia muenninki
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Johnson, David H.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1946-12-23 / 1946-12-23
Article/Chapter Title:
The Spiny Rats of the Riu Kiu Islands
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 59
Page(s):
169-172
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0006-324X
Notes:
Online ISSN: 1943-6327. Available online: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39911981
Reference for:
Tokudaia muenninki
Tokudaia muenninki: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Tokudaia muenninki: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Critically Endangered
Comment:
Comments: Originally described as a subspecies of T. osimensis (Johnson, 1946a), but chromosomal evidence (2n = 44 for muenninki, 2n = 25 for osimensis), as well as external and cranial morphology distinguish muenninki as a separate species (Kaneko, 2001; Tsuchiya, 1981, Tsuchiya et al., 1989). Based upon molar measurements, Kaneko (2001) suggested that the late Pleistocene specimens identified as T. osimensis by Kowalski and Hasegawa (1976) and Kawamura (1989, 1991, 1994) actually represent T. muenn...