HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Kadarsanomys
SPECIES Kadarsanomys sodyi
Author: | Bartels, 1937. | Citation: | Treubia, 16: 45. | Common Name: | Javan Bamboo Rat | Type Locality: | Indonesia, W Java, Gunung Pangrango-Gede, 1000 m. | Distribution: | Java. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Morphology, natural history, and comparisons with Rattus and Lenothrix reported by Musser (1981a); the species is arboreal and was collected from nests in bamboo. Represented only by modern series collected in W Java during 1933-1935, and subfossil fragments from C and E Java (Musser and Newcomb, 1983). Among Sundaic murines, Kadarsanomys has no close phylogenetic allies, but some cranial and dental traits indicate a distant relationship with Rattus (Musser and Newcomb, 1983), and especially the Sulawesi R. xanthurus Group. Kadarsanomys sodyi joins Sundamys maxi, Mus vulcani, Niviventer lepturus, Maxomys bartelsii, and Pithecheir melanurus as a member of the murine fauna endemic to Java (Musser, 1986). |
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