Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Madromys
Species: Madromys blanfordi

Name

  • Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881)

Holotype: BMNH 80.11.11.54, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Kadapa, Madras[=Andra Pradesh],” India.

Combinations

  • Mus blanfordi Thomas, 1881: 24 [original combination]
  • Rattus blanfordi: Ellerman, 1841 [name combiantion]
  • Madromys blanfordi: Sody, 1941: 260 [name combination]
  • Cremnomys blanfordi: Misonne, 1969: 126 [name combination]

References

Primary references

  • Thomas, O. 1881. Description of a new species of Mus from southern India. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 7(37): 24. DOI: 10.1080/00222938109459467 BHL Reference page. 
  • Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with description of 43 new genera, species, and subspecies). Treubia 18(2): 255–325.
  • Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae, evolutionary trends. Museum Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Zoologie, Series 8, 172: 1–219.

Vernacular names

English: White-tailed Wood Rat, Blanford’s Rat
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