Sommeromys macrorhinos Musser and Durden 2002

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 : 1499

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335600
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scientific name	Sommeromys macrorhinos Musser and Durden 2002
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Sommeromys macrorhinos Musser and Durden 2002 View in CoL

Sommeromys macrorhinos Musser and Durden 2002 View in CoL , Am. Mus . Novit., 3368: 7.

Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Tokala , 02E13' S/120E04' E, 2400 m (see Musser and Durden, 2002:7, for additional information).

Vernacular Names: Sommer's Sulawesi Rat.

Distribution: Recorded only from tropical upper montane rain forest at the type locality.

Discussion: Gracile, insectivorous, nocturnal, scansorial, and arboreal. The species is unique among murines in morphology of its highly specialized rostral region, tail, feet and digits ( Musser and Durden, 2002). Member of montane forest species known only from mountainous C Sulawesi ( Musser and Durden, 2002; Musser and Holden, 1991).