Maxomys Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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Red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Maxomys Sody, 1936 |
Type species | |
Rattus bartelsii Jentink, 1910 | |
Species | |
Maxomys alticola Contents |
Maxomys is a genus of rodents, widespread in Southeast Asia. [1] They are mid-sized rodents, similar to rats, that live on the ground of tropical rainforests. There they build nests, padded with fallen leaves from trees. They feed on roots, fallen fruit, and other plants, as well as insects. All species are shy and avoid food from humans.
The genus Maxomys was originally considered a subgenus of Rattus, the rat genus. When it became established as its own genus in the 1960s, Maxomys was often combined with the genera Niviventer and Leopoldamys . In the currently accepted taxonomy, Musser, Marshall, and Boeadi established Maxomys in 1979.
Genus Maxomys - rajah rats:
Tokudaia is a genus of murine rodent native to Japan. Known as Ryūkyū spiny rats or spinous country-rats, population groups exist on several non-contiguous islands. Despite differences in name and appearance, they are the closest living relatives of the Eurasian field mouse (Apodemus). Of the three species, both T. osimensis and T. tokunoshimensis have lost their Y chromosome and SRY gene; the sex chromosomes of T. muenninki, on the other hand, are abnormally large.
Chiropodomys is a genus of Old World rats and mice native to Southeast Asia and northeast India. They are tree-dwelling, very small mice, mostly found in tropical rainforest. In total six extant species have been identified, but only one of these, Chiropodomys gliroides, is common and widely distributed, and has been extensively studied.
The gray tree rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae and the only species in the monotypic genus Lenothrix. It is found in forests in Indonesia and Malaysia. A common species, the IUCN has rated it as being of "least concern".
Margaretamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Up until 1973, it was known from only few examples of one species. Then Guy G. Musser collected more examples of this species during his stay in Sulawesi, as well as collecting two new species. And in 1981, as part of his huge project of sorting through the then very large genus Rattus, he described these as members of the new genus, Margaretamys.
The mountain spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Malaysia.
Maxomys baeodon, also known as the small Bornean maxomys or small spiny rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is known only from Sarawak and Sabah in the Malaysian part of Borneo.
Bartels's spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. This species is indigenous to the volcano forests of west and central Java, the main island of Indonesia. The species is able to tolerate moderate disturbance and can be found at the edge of the forests as well.
Dollman's spiny rat or Dollman's Sulawesi Maxomys is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Sulawesi.
Hellwald's spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The Malayan mountain spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Malaysia.
The fat-nosed spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia.
Musschenbroek's spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia.
The chestnut-bellied spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
The Pagai spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, on South Pagai, North Pagai, Sipora, and Siberut islands.
The Palawan spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines.
The Rajah spiny rat also known as the brown spiny rat is endemic to Thailand and Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent islands.
The red spiny rat, also known as the Indomalayan maxomys, is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on the islands of Java, Borneo and Sumatra. In China, it has been recorded only in southernmost Yunnan.
Watts's spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
Guy Graham Musser was an American zoologist. His main research was in the field of the rodent subfamily Murinae, in which he has described many new species.
Rattini is a very large, diverse tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. They are found throughout Asia and Australasia, with a few species ranging into Europe and northern Africa. The most well-known members of this group are the true rats, several species of which have been introduced worldwide.
This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article on the German Wikipedia.