Margaretamys elegans

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

Holotype: AMNH 223693/MZB 12151, adult ♂, skull and body in alcohol.

Type locality: “Gunung Nokilalaki at an elevation of 6500 feet [=1980 m]”, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Musser, G.G. 1981. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 105. Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of a new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 168: 225–334. handle Reference page.

Margaretamys elegans in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. 2008. IUCN: Margaretamys elegans (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T12796A3381531. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T12796A3381531.en

English: Elegant Margaretamys, Elegant Margareta Rat

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