Taeromys punicans (Miller and Hollister 1921)

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 : 1506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335644
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scientific name	Taeromys punicans (Miller and Hollister 1921)
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Taeromys punicans (Miller and Hollister 1921) View in CoL

[Rattus] punicans Miller and Hollister 1921 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 34: 98.

Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Pinedapa, 100 ft (30 m).

Vernacular Names: Reddish-furred Taeromys.

Distribution: Sulawesi: known only from the central part and the SW peninsula.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: A lowland species represented by two specimens caught in 1918 from the type locality and a few subfossil fragments from the SW peninsula ( Musser, 1984). Other than that it inhabits tropical lowland evergreen rainforest, nothing is known about ecology of this species or its actual distribution over the island.