Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Coryphomys buehleri
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Coryphomys buehleri
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:
Coryphomys buehleri
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:
Coryphomys buehleri
Coryphomys buehleri: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Coryphomys buehleri: Comments
Comment:
Status: Extinct
Comment:
Comments: Known only by subfossil fragments collected at the type locality and from sites in E Timor (Glover, 1986). Related to endemic New Guinea murines and not to species of Papagomys, Hooijeromys, Komodomys, or Paulamys on Flores (Musser's research). Coryphomys buehleri is one of four species, each in its own genus, of giant rats (three have yet to be named and described) endemic to Timor; all are known only by subfossils (Glover, 1986) and may be related to the New Guinea Old Endemics we place i...