Maxomys rajah (Thomas 1894)

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 : 1371

Maxomys rajah (Thomas 1894)

[Maxomys] rajah ( Thomas 1894) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 451.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Sarawak (N Borneo), Gunung Batu Song.

Vernacular Names: Rajah Sundaic Maxomys.

Synonyms: Maxomys hidongis ( Kloss 1921) ; Maxomys lingensis (Miller 1900) ; Maxomys pellax (Miller 1900) ; Maxomys similis ( Robinson and Kloss 1916) .

Distribution: Endemic to the Sunda Shelf; Peninsular Thailand south of Isthmus of Kra, Malay Peninsula, Riau Arch., Sumatra, amd Borneo; absent from Java and Bali.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Insular distribution similar in broad outline to that of M. whiteheadi . Once regarded as conspecific with M. surifer ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Misonne, 1969), but occurs sympatrically with that species, and although samples of each are regularly misidentified, the two differ in a suite of morphological, ecological, behavioral, and biochemical traits, as well as albumin immunology ( Chan et al., 1979; Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser et al., 1979; Yong, 1972; Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b).