Andrew's Bunomys
Bunomys andrewsi (J.A.Allen, 1911)
Also calledAndrew-Bergratte (deu) · Andrews-Sulawesi-Bergratte (deu) · Bunomys dAndrews (fra) · butoninrotta (fin) · krysa Andrewsova (ces) · lambasanginrotta (fin) · pagórnik dżunglowy (pol) · Горная крыса Эндрюса (rus) · アンドリュースセレベスネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol.30 p.366
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as B. heinrichi, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
Discussion: Bunomys fratrorum Group. Recognized as a distinct species in a " Rattus chrysocomus Group " (Tate, 1936; Ellerman, 1941), then in a " coelestis group " of Rattus (Ellerman, 1949 a), subsequently treated as member of subgenus Rattus (Laurie and Hill, 1954), and currently included in Bunomys (Musser, 1981 c; Musser and Newcomb, 1983). In morphology and pelage features, B. andrewsi is most closely related to B. fratrorum of the NW peninsula and B. penitus in the central core and SE peninsula. The taxon heinrichi has been treated as a species (Musser, 1991; Musser and Holden, 1991; Musser and Carleton, 1993), although originally described as a subspecies of Rattus penitus and listed that way by Ellerman in 1941; later arranged as a subspecies of Rattus adspersus (Ellerman, 1949 a; Laurie and Hill, 1954), or included within Bunomys penitus (Musser, 1981 c; Musser and Newcomb, 1983) or Frateromys penitus (Sody, 1941). Karyotype summarized by Rickart and Musser (1993). Considerable geographic variation in craniodental measurements typifies B. andrewsi, but its significance will have to be determined by study of larger samples from more localities than are currently available.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Sulawesi; central core, SE and SW peninsulas; primarily found in lowland tropical evergreen rainforest but reaches lower montane rainforest in some places.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Recognized as a distinct species in the “ Rattus chrysocomus Group " by Tate (1936); placed in the " chrysocomus group " of Rattus by Ellerman (1941) then in the “ coelestis group " of Rattus by Ellerman (1949 a); treated as a species in subgenus Rattus by Laurie and Hill (1954); but included in Bunomys by Musser (1981 c) and Musser and Newcomb (1983). In morphology and pelage features, B. andrewsi is most closely related to B. fratrorum of the NW peninsula and B. heinrichi in the SW arm of Sulawesi.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219846.