Maxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888)

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 : 612

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scientific name

Maxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888)
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Maxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 2:408.

TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia, Sabah (N Borneo), Gunung Kinabalu ("from a high level") .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from two mountains in Sabah, N Borneo (from 3500 to 11,000 ft on Gunung Kinabalu, and also on Gunung Trus Madi).

SYNONYMS: kinabaluensis.

COMMENTS: The name alticola was once applied to populations from lower elevations on Gunung Kinabalu, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra ( Chasen, 1940), but was shown to represent a distinct species endemic to mountains of Sabah ( Medway, 1964, 1977).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Maxomys

Loc

Maxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993
1993
Loc

Maxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888)

Thomas 1888: 408
1888
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