Halmaheramys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to the Moluccas, Indonesia.
Halmaheramys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Halmaheramys Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi & Helgen 2013 |
Species | |
It contains the following species:[1][2]
- Spiny Boki Mekot rat (Halmaheramys bokimekot)
- Wallace's large spiny rat (Halmaheramys wallacei)
References
edit- ^ Fabre, P.-H.; Pagès, M.; Musser, G. G.; Fitriana, Y. S.; Fjeldså, J.; Jennings, A.; Jønsson, K. A.; Kennedy, J.; Michaux, J.; Semiadi, G.; Supriatna, N.; Helgen, K. M. (October 2013). "A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (2): 408–447. doi:10.1111/zoj.12061.
- ^ Fabre, P.-H.; Reeve, A. H.; Fitriana, Y. S.; Aplin, K. P.; Helgen, K. M. (December 2017). "A new species of Halmaheramys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Bisa and Obi Islands (North Maluku Province, Indonesia)". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (1): 187–208. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx160.