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
Coryphomys buehleri
Schaub 1937
Coryphomys buehleri
Schaub 1937
,
Verh. Naturf. Ges. Basel, 48: 2
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
,
Nusa Tenggara
, W Timor, cave deposit near Nikiniki.
Vernacular Names:
Buhler's Coryphomys
.
Distribution:
Recorded only from Timor.
Conservation:
Extinct.
Discussion:
Known only by subfossil fragments collected at the type locality and from sites in E Timor (
Glover, 1986
). Related to endemic New
Guinea
murines and not to species of
Papagomys
,
Hooijeromys
,
Komodomys
, or
Paulamys
on
Flores
(Musser’s research).
Coryphomys buehleri
is one of four species, each in its own genus, of giant rats (three have yet to be named and described) endemic to Timor; all are known only by subfossils (
Glover, 1986
) and may be related to the New
Guinea
Old Endemics we place in the
Pogonomys
Group.