Maxomys pagensis (Miller, 1903)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 613

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scientific name	Maxomys pagensis (Miller, 1903)
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Maxomys pagensis (Miller, 1903) View in CoL . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 45:39.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Pagai Selattan (S Pagai Isl), off coast W Sumatra .

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to islands of South Pagai, North Pagai, Sipora, and Siberut in Mentawai Archipelago.

COMMENTS: Usually listed as a subspecies of M. surifer ( Chasen, 1940) , but treated as a species by Musser et al. (1979). Closest phylogenetic relative is probably M. surifer . Part of the rodent fauna endemic to Mentawi Archipelago (see account of Leopoldamys siporanus ).