Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mus vulcani
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mus vulcani
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:
Mus vulcani
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:
Mus vulcani
Mus vulcani: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mus vulcani: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Coelomys. Originally described as a subspecies of Mycteromys crociduroides (Chasen, 1940), but vulcani is a separate species (based upon Musser's study of specimens of vulcani and crociduroides). Both M. vulcani and M. crociduroides are the only living native Mus recorded from islands on the Sunda Shelf (Musser, 1986; Musser and Newcomb, 1983). Part of the suite of murines endemic to Java (see account of Kadarsanomys sodyi). Curiously, Wang (2003) listed M. vulcani as part of the C...