Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson and Kloss 1916) [Maxomys] hylomyoides ( Robinson and Kloss 1916 ) , J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 73: 273 . Type Locality: Indonesia , W Sumatra , Korinchi Peak , 7300 ft ( 2225 m ). Vernacular Names: Sumatran Mountain Maxomys . Distribution: Endemic to montane forests in mountainous backbone of W Sumatra . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: 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) .