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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Maxomys
SPECIES Maxomys hylomyoides
| Author: | Robinson and Kloss, 1916. | | Citation: | J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 73: 273. | | Common Name: | Sumatran Mountain Maxomys | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, W Sumatra, Korinchi Peak, 7300 ft (2225 m). | | Distribution: | Endemic to montane forests in mountainous backbone of W Sumatra. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | At one time listed as a subspecies of M. alticola (Chasen, 1940), but later reinstated as a distinctive species (Medway, 1964; Musser et al., 1979). Member of a suite of murines endemic to Sumatra that includes Maxomys inflatus, Mus crociduroides, Rattus korinchi, and R. hoogerwerfi (Musser, 1986). |
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