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 rajah (Thomas 1894) [Maxomys] rajah ( Thomas 1894 ) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 451 . Type Locality: Malaysia , Sarawak (N Borneo), Gunung Batu Song. Vernacular Names: Rajah Sundaic Maxomys . Synonyms: Maxomys hidongis ( Kloss 1921 ) ; Maxomys lingensis (Miller 1900) ; Maxomys pellax (Miller 1900) ; Maxomys similis ( Robinson and Kloss 1916 ) . Distribution: Endemic to the Sunda Shelf; Peninsular Thailand south of Isthmus of Kra, Malay Peninsula, Riau Arch., Sumatra, amd Borneo; absent from Java and Bali. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Insular distribution similar in broad outline to that of M. whiteheadi . Once regarded as conspecific with M. surifer ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ; Misonne, 1969 ), but occurs sympatrically with that species, and although samples of each are regularly misidentified, the two differ in a suite of morphological, ecological, behavioral, and biochemical traits, as well as albumin immunology ( Chan et al., 1979 ; Corbet and Hill, 1992 ; Musser et al., 1979; Yong, 1972 ; Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b ).