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 baeodon
(Thomas 1894)
[Maxomys] baeodon
(
Thomas 1894
)
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 452
.
Type Locality:
Malaysia
,
Sabah
(N Borneo), Mt Kinabalu.
Vernacular Names:
Small Bornean Maxomys
.
Synonyms:
Maxomys trachynotus
(Cabrera 1920)
.
Distribution:
Known only from a few scattered localities in
Sabah
and
Sarawak
(N Borneo); occurs between 900 and
1400 m
on Mt Kinabalu in
Sabah
(
Md Nor, 2001
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Endangered.
Discussion:
A very distinctive species still represented in museum collections by few specimens (Musser et al., 1979). The record from
Gunung Palung
National Park in SW
Kalimantan
(
Blundell, 1996
) is erroneous and represents misidentified
M. whiteheadi
(A. J. Gorog, pers. comm., 2001). Part of the suite of murines endemic to Borneo (Musser, 1986; also see account of
Chiropodomys major
).