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
Echiothrix leucura
Gray 1867
Echiothrix leucura
Gray 1867
,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867: 600
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
,
Sulawesi
, NE tip of N peninsula, Manado (= Menado), 01E30'N/124E50'E, coastal plain near sea level (as restricted by Tate, 1936:586).
Vernacular Names:
Northern
Sulawesi
Echiothrix
.
Distribution:
Sulawesi
: NE tip of the N peninsula, sea level to
1100
m in
lowland tropical evergreen rainforest (
Musser, 1990
; Musser, ms).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
A significantly larger relative of
E. centrosa
, with somewhat more elaborate molar occlusal patterns.
Gray (1867
a
)
thought the
holotype
came from
Australia
, but
Jentink (1883)
speculated the species would prove to be found only on Sulawesi.
Laurie and Hill (1954)
listed the type locality as probably N Sulawesi, but Tate (1936) had already restricted it to the NE tip of the N peninsula by designating Manado.