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
Sommeromys macrorhinos
Musser and Durden 2002
Sommeromys macrorhinos
Musser and Durden 2002
,
Am.
Mus
. Novit., 3368: 7
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
, C
Sulawesi
,
Gunung Tokala
, 02E13' S/120E04' E,
2400 m
(see
Musser and Durden, 2002:7
, for additional information).
Vernacular Names:
Sommer's
Sulawesi
Rat
.
Distribution:
Recorded only from tropical upper montane rain forest at the type locality.
Discussion:
Gracile, insectivorous, nocturnal, scansorial, and arboreal. The species is unique among murines in morphology of its highly specialized rostral region, tail, feet and digits (
Musser and Durden, 2002
). Member of montane forest species known only from mountainous C
Sulawesi
(
Musser and Durden, 2002
;
Musser and Holden, 1991
).