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<emphasis id="FA39AF5BFEEF0E35A69D6490777BD5B5" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys whiteheadi</emphasis>
(Thomas 1894)
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<treatmentCitation id="430877BD828BD28ABD3D400DAB79450E" author="Thomas" authority="Thomas 1894" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chrotomys" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="452" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whiteheadi" title="Chrotomys whiteheadi" volume="14" year="1894">
<taxonomicName id="D5E06152E3965EB69E67089EDFD6966A" ID-CoL="5YK6Q" authority="Thomas 1894" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chrotomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whiteheadi">
<emphasis id="5B32310413EE3E8CD65256ECAAF3CB1B" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">[Chrotomys] whiteheadi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5ADD1766E5AD895244763FF7EB28E3D2" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref352021" refString="Thomas, O. 1894. On the mammals of Nyasaland: Third contribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 136 - 142." year="1894">Thomas 1894</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<bibCitation id="EF04FF7ABC5C2694B74D3303783D20E0" author="Thomas" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6" pageNumber="1373" pagination="452" title="Chrotomys whiteheadi" volume="14" year="1894">Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 452</bibCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
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<paragraph id="C1A73C55059EB3D7F312F94EA819A4E3" pageNumber="1373">
<emphasis id="773EC7821B50D98729F2926A1D32B5D9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1373">Type Locality:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="D709540A29C20E7354922DA34ED21251" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4867324601" country="Malaysia" pageNumber="1373" stateProvince="Sabah">
<collectingCountry id="619CEEBBE66063FF70BC8F9AB89641AA" name="Malaysia">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="2A1051664E070BE7E8E41D54A1474B8A" country="Malaysia" name="Sabah">Sabah</collectingRegion>
(N Borneo),
<taxonomicName id="55FD4022E6D7F3990CEB18220C9D06A5" authority="Kinabalu." class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mallomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gunung">Gunung Kinabalu.</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="798813723E9E193A4F0838162CBCCC83" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1373">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="7E02D80CD0BF3C7AB2EBD6BF87A99E85" language="eng" pageNumber="1373">Whitehead's Sundaic Maxomys</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="295D10FAE9CF68C33F64994E7E4510F0" pageNumber="1373">
<emphasis id="70154D247D54E6EF637C918DEAAF040A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1373">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="C8218D5A5FEF9C9B26270B5948792E30" authority="(Miller 1900)" baseAuthorityName="Miller" baseAuthorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asper">
<emphasis id="7570420221249F060BDDED27EE81FB65" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys asper</emphasis>
(Miller 1900)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="B2A48B0EE3530F5F0DAA344E44842D35" authority="(Lyon 1907)" baseAuthorityName="Lyon" baseAuthorityYear="1907" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batamanus">
<emphasis id="FC5D20D73FA27C411FBD917982B1A405" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys batamanus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D1ED825EDD039B0E7EC95850EE2C113A" author="Lyon, M. W., Jr." refId="ref219265" refString="Lyon, M. W., Jr. 1907. Notes on the porcupines of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Proceedings of United States National Museum, 32: 575 - 594." year="1907">Lyon 1907</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="C4E80EB9C5F22B6CCAA2212470F740E8" authority="(Miller 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Miller" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batus">
<emphasis id="90051615598CFA8BDFD946ADED62A3B7" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys batus</emphasis>
(Miller 1911)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="B4120F5A1D74B23E13309AB35C5A7897" authority="(Sody 1941)" baseAuthorityName="Sody" baseAuthorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coritzae">
<emphasis id="1E59515E54D6BED500EFB6DA7D6C6404" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys coritzae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="30DA702DF3C30E9EEE49198B92852431" author="Sody, H. J. V." refId="ref332599" refString="Sody, H. J. V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo- Malayan and Indo- Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia, 18: 255 - 325." year="1941">Sody 1941</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="6648A1526A3A41B24D22D07B435214B6" authority="(Bonhote 1906)" baseAuthorityName="Bonhote" baseAuthorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="klossi">
<emphasis id="3599DD23FA7DBD747115131C3A326900" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys klossi</emphasis>
(Bonhote 1906)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="9F7B5C1108197C409041C69495D429F6" authority="(Lyon 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Lyon" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mandus">
<emphasis id="F09AF7CFCAB6011A74225D516C153DF2" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys mandus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="BDB9BB6A52441FCB0340B031AA193E18" author="Lyon, M. W." refId="ref219300" refString="Lyon, M. W. 1908. On a collection of mammals from the Batu Islands, West Sumatra. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 1: 137 - 140." year="1908">Lyon 1908</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="ABED65961449F82C6B1195B92EA8EBB5" authority="(Shamel 1940)" baseAuthorityName="Shamel" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanurus">
<emphasis id="CADC3351888F5F66E016EB936E8D14C9" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys melanurus</emphasis>
(Shamel 1940)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="7D0AF2054C6328D655D0C419DD428AB0" authority="(Cabrera 1920)" baseAuthorityName="Cabrera" baseAuthorityYear="1920" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melinogaster">
<emphasis id="D557E02B1DE6A7FE8282FA687CEC756B" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys melinogaster</emphasis>
(Cabrera 1920)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="ED5DE0A84489E2AFC38F4D16203B9604" authority="(Thomas 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perlutus">
<emphasis id="051288E7B8CC1B46F7FA629D6ABA99D6" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys perlutus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="E8B923143521EF820D9FE52AB4D5B5E5" authority="(Chasen 1940)" baseAuthorityName="Chasen" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="piratae">
<emphasis id="94808309434935A87E88C7DF78BF5415" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys piratae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="FF5AD7104AAE80C536513EF394D18A59" author="Chasen, F. N." refId="ref58278" refString="Chasen, F. N. 1940. A handlist of Malaysian mammals: A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, including the adjacent small islands. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 15: 1 - 209." year="1940">Chasen 1940</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="05EAC6518AC9661709C5A67CEE6F689A" authority="(Chasen 1940)" baseAuthorityName="Chasen" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1373" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subitus">
<emphasis id="B09EDA7496891C6F8C23D4FFB7AC9B08" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">Maxomys subitus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1EACA8E3CC0E91DF70CF54D495A3707D" author="Chasen, F. N." refId="ref58278" refString="Chasen, F. N. 1940. A handlist of Malaysian mammals: A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, including the adjacent small islands. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 15: 1 - 209." year="1940">Chasen 1940</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FF13AB85DABD0F9ADD119958EB48E33E" pageNumber="1373" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="EAD21C3D0A633935322C5AF4A96A1AFE" pageNumber="1373">
<emphasis id="9D5F17A4888475C2E21DB975C80269A8" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1373">Distribution:</emphasis>
Peninsular
<collectingCountry id="FF4C07CB463333D3DA72296D6C9B88D6" name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
south of Isthmus of Kra, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and various adjacent islands; absent from Java and Bali; see
<bibRefCitation id="40D9E8AF3D9DD72DE2A90465FCEF548B" author="Corbet, G. B. &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref67955" refString="Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp." year="1992">Corbet and Hill (1992)</bibRefCitation>
and Musser et al. (1979).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="2899C5FD4250D0EC96EC6783120A672E" pageNumber="1373" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="34C0CA9F0F985F30F3419C8DA90856BA" pageNumber="1373">
<emphasis id="09E75E8758BBA36F0E18A8AD295DA8F2" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1373">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="72C23335BAD32DE52D78518344CED067">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F9C69C43CA65DE0EC8FF5FF73DFB051E" pageNumber="1373" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="FF627D25C9BFE0B5995BB1BF9E2CE9E7" pageNumber="1373">
<emphasis id="01FF5AE94DF6A6D8396707994680AF6A" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1373">Discussion:</emphasis>
A Sundaic endemic.
<bibRefCitation id="AEB8B28BA615BF529172C2D7282BB2BA" author="Ellerman, J. R. &amp; T. C. S. Morrison-Scott" refId="ref93180" refString="Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp." year="1951">Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951)</bibRefCitation>
included
<taxonomicName id="F7259FB1156FBC839D4A3E793D2128FA" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chrotomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whiteheadi">
<emphasis id="89484438BE3E008AD9DCF7241C1855D6" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">whiteheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
<collectingRegion id="270C8AB519A38888F3503F146F9B0E97" country="Indonesia" name="Sulawesi Utara">Sulawesi</collectingRegion>
<taxonomicName id="EFBEE79FDAD6EACA4760F3AB3AC81C64" baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1878" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musschenbroekii">
<emphasis id="D8A815AF75A5124DD97A68EC0FD214D7" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">M. musschenbroekii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the two are separate species (
<bibRefCitation id="DE5AD59CDD323BEDF09684EC95366466" author="Chasen, F. N." refId="ref58278" refString="Chasen, F. N. 1940. A handlist of Malaysian mammals: A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, including the adjacent small islands. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 15: 1 - 209." year="1940">Chasen, 1940</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7BCA6BEB67C681561EE087150DB8C5C0" author="Medway, L." refId="ref235457" refString="Medway, L. 1977. Mammals of Borneo: Field keys and an annotated checklist. Second ed. Monograph, Malay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 7: 1 - 172." year="1977">
<collectingRegion id="97C20B3F338C78F894A4A0138246EA47" country="United Kingdom" name="Medway">Medway</collectingRegion>
, 1977
</bibRefCitation>
; Musser, 1991; Musser et al., 1979; Tate, 1936). Spermatozoal morphology (
<bibRefCitation id="5E587349890180BEF9C8CD423D6944C1" author="Breed, W. G. &amp; H. S. Yong" refId="ref41734" refString="Breed, W. G., and H. S. Yong. 1986. Sperm morphology of murid rodents from Malaysia and its possible phylogenetic significance. American Museum Novitates, 2856: 1 - 12." year="1986">Breed and Yong, 1986</bibRefCitation>
) and data from biochemical, morphological, and cytological studies (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF4726305D054D51335AE35DC2D9B43" author="Chan, K. L. &amp; S. S. Dhaliwal &amp; H. S. Yong" refId="ref57343" refString="Chan, K. L., S. S. Dhaliwal, and H. S. Yong. 1978. Protein variation and systematics in Malayan rats of the subgenus Lenothrix (Rodentia: Muridae, genus Rattus Fischer). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 59 B: 345 - 351." year="1978">Chan et al., 1978</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EC77B070116DE678BAACAD5BF3579758" author="Chan, K. L. &amp; S. S. Dhaliwal &amp; H. S. Yong" refId="ref57398" refString="Chan, K. L., S. S. Dhaliwal, and H. S. Yong. 1979. Protein variation and systematics of three subgenera of Malayan rats (Rodentia: Muridae, genus Rattus Fischer). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 64 B: 329 - 337." year="1979">1979</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="86E5292ADC938425B71D7D76AB8FDE33" author="Yong, H. S." refId="ref400401" refString="Yong, H. S. 1969. Karyotypes of Malayan rats (Rodentia-Muridae, genus Rattus Fischer). Chromosoma, 27: 245 - 267." year="1969">Yong, 1969</bibRefCitation>
) pointed to a close relationship between
<taxonomicName id="57D7D9A41B5B3AA1F5FC1B153DE25607" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chrotomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whiteheadi">
<emphasis id="58311457986949E8BBD495E1451D1177" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">M. whiteheadi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the Malayan
<taxonomicName id="F07F558E29F7AAC8D19CCDD9843B91D4" baseAuthorityName="Bonhote" baseAuthorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Maxomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inas">
<emphasis id="E9A9B9B5F8ACAD671526243CB671F94C" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">M. inas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="F2FA31F04AE5042602B945A87F19874C" author="Md Nor, S." refId="ref234334" refString="Md Nor, S. 1996. The mammalian fauna on the islands at the northern tip of Sabah, Borneo. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 83: 1 - 51" year="1996">Md Nor (1996)</bibRefCitation>
documented occurrence of
<taxonomicName id="D393DCA6E6D87FAF03B4A7F86565D39E" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Chrotomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whiteheadi">
<emphasis id="48807CDFE2A016DB651C3BCD4FB48305" italics="true" pageNumber="1373">M. whiteheadi</emphasis>
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on the small islands off the tip of N
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. Generally a lowland species on Borneo, it does reach
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on the slopes of Mt Kinabalu (
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, and references cited therein). Noticeable geographic variation in pelage coloration and aspects of cranial morphology exists among insular samples on the Sunda Shelf, but its significance has yet to be determined. However, phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA cytochrome
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sequences by
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identified a clade containing two separate lineages on Borneo and another clade containing samples from
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and the Malay Peninsula. Significance of this pattern is discussed by
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in the context of determining whether these lineages represent deep prePleistocene vicariant events or broad Pleistocene migrations over the Sunda Shelf associated with formation of land bridges and insular isolation with subsequent rising sea level. Reviewed by
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.
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