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:
Taeromys microbullatus
Taeromys microbullatus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Taeromys microbullatus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Still represented only by two adults and a juvenile collected in 1932. Although described as a species of Rattus, microbullatus has been allied to the Rattus xanthurus group (Ellerman, 1941), included in Paruromys (Ellerman, 1949a; Laurie and Hill, 1954) or synonymized with T. callitrichus (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser, 1970d; Musser and Carleton, 1993), but morphometric analyses indicate the small sample represents a distinctive entity that is more closely related to T. callitrichus than ...