Margaretamys beccarii (Jentink 1880)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1359

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11334885

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scientific name

Margaretamys beccarii (Jentink 1880)
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Margaretamys beccarii (Jentink 1880) View in CoL

[Mus] beccarii Jentink 1880 , Notes Leyden Mus ., 2: 11.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, NE peninsula, Menado-Langowan.

Vernacular Names: Spiny Lowland Margaretamys.

Synonyms: Margaretamys leucopus (Jentink 1879) ; Margaretamys thysanurus (Sody 1932) .

Distribution: NE peninsula and C Sulawesi in lowland tropical evergreen rain forest, near sea level to 1000 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: History of incorrect taxonomic allocations of beccarii recorded by Musser (1971 e, 1981 b). Insufficient samples exist to determine any morphometric or qualitative differences between populations in central core of the island and the NE peninsula. The only one of the three Margaretamys with spinous pelage.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Margaretamys

Loc

Margaretamys beccarii (Jentink 1880)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Mus] beccarii

Jentink 1880: 11
1880
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