Bunomys coelestis (Thomas 1896)

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 : 1300

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scientific name	Bunomys coelestis (Thomas 1896)
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[Mus] coelestis Thomas 1896 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 248.

Type Locality: Indonesia, SW Sulawesi, Bonthain Peak ( Gunung Lampobatang ), 6000 ft (1830 m).

Vernacular Names: Lampobatang Bunomys.

Distribution: Sulawesi; endemic to the slopes of Gunung Lampobatang at tip of SW peninsula; found in montane forest formations between 1800 and 2500 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Bunomys chrysocomus Group. More closely related to B. chrysocomus than to any other species of Bunomys . Retained as a species of Bunomys by Tate (1936), but subsequently included in a " coelestis group" of Rattus ( Ellerman, 1941, 1949 a), listed as a species in subgenus Rattus ( Laurie and Hill, 1954) , or synonymized under Bunomys chrysocomus ( Musser, 1981 c; Musser and Newcomb, 1983). Finally reinstated as a species restricted to montane forest on Gunung Lampobatang (Musser, 1991; Musser and Holden, 1991). Tate and Archbold (1935) described koka from mountains of the SE peninsula as a subspecies of B. coelestis , but that is a sample of B. chrysocomus .