Maxomys
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Maxomys alticola |
Maxomys is a genus of mice, widespread in Southeast Asia. They are mid-sized rodents, similar to rats, that live on the ground of tropical rainforests. There they build nests, padded with fallen leaves from trees. They feed on roots, fallen fruit, and other plants, as well as insects. All species are shy and avoid food from humans.
The genus Maxomys was originally considered a subgenus of Rattus, the rat genus. When it became established as its own genus in the 1960s, Maxomys was often combined with the genera Niviventer and Leopoldamys. In the currently accepted taxonomy, Musser, Marshall, and Boeadi established Maxomys in 1979.
[edit] List of species
- Maxomys alticola (Thomas, 1888), found in Borneo
- Maxomys baeodon (Thomas, 1894), Borneo
- Maxomys bartelsii (Jentink, 1910), Java
- Maxomys dollmani (Ellerman, 1941), Sulawesi
- Maxomys hellwaldii (Jentink, 1878), Sulawesi
- Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson and Kloss, 1916), Sumatra
- Maxomys inas (Bonhote, 1906), Malayan Peninsula
- Maxomys inflatus (Robinson and Kloss, 1916), Sumatra
- Maxomys moi (Robinson and Kloss, 1922), Vietnam, Laos
- Maxomys musschenbroekii (Jentink, 1878), Sulawesi
- Maxomys ochraceiventer (Thomas, 1894), Borneo
- Maxomys pagensis (Miller, 1903), Mentawai Islands
- Maxomys panglima (Robinson, 1921), Palawan and neighboring islands
- Maxomys rajah (Thomas, 1894), Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
- Maxomys surifer (Miller, 1900), Sumatra, Java, Borneo
- Maxomys wattsi (Musser, 1991), Sulawesi
- Maxomys whiteheadi (Thomas, 1894), Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo
[edit] Further reading
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 ISBN 0801857899
- G.G. Musser, J.T. Marshall Jr. & B. Boeadi: Definition and contents of the Sundaic genus Maxomys (Rodentia, Muridae). In: Journal of Mammalogy 1979, Bd. 60, S. 592-606.
[edit] References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article on the German Wikipedia.
