Tateomys rhinogradoides Musser 1969

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 : 1508

Tateomys rhinogradoides Musser 1969

Tateomys rhinogradoides Musser 1969 , Am. Mus . Novit., 2384: 3.

Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Latimodjong, 2200 m .

Vernacular Names: Tate's Sulawesian Shrew Rat.

Distribution: Known from the type locality, Gunung Tokala, and Gunung Nokilalaki at high elevations in tropical upper montane rain forest in C core of Sulawesi; most likely will be found on other mountains in C Sulawesi in similar forest formations.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: This terrestrial vermivore is the largest-bodied of the species of Tateomys and Melasmothrix . Stomach morphology closely similar to that of Tateomys macrocercus and Melasmothrix naso and unlike the large-bodied, Sulawesian shrew rat, Echiothrix centrosa , which occurs in lowland tropical evergeen rain forest at lower altitudes in the same region ( Musser and Durden, 2002).