Taeromys taerae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	MURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Taeromys taerae

Species Authority:

(Sody, 1932)

Common Name/s:

English

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Northeastern Mountain Taeromys, Tondano Rat

Taxonomic Notes:

Taeromys taerae is the north east peninsular highland and morphological relative of T. hamatus, which is found only in mountains of central Sulawesi (Musser and Carleton 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Musser, G. & Ruedas, L.
Reviewer/s:	Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient as the limits of distribution are not well known and there is no recent information on population status, having last been collected in 1932.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the highlands of north eastern Sulawesi, where it is known from three very nearby localities, from 600-800 m (Musser and Carleton 2005). It likely occurs more widely than current records suggest.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is known from six specimens (plus one additional specimen not attributable to any locality), and was last collected around 1932 (G. Musser pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits montane forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is likely to be affected by ongoing loss of forest, and probably is present in bushmeat markets.

Major Threat(s):

It is likely to be affected by ongoing loss of forest, and probably is present in bushmeat markets.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known from any protected areas. There is a need for further survey work to determine the population status of this species and the limits of distribution.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known from any protected areas. There is a need for further survey work to determine the population status of this species and the limits of distribution.

Citation:	Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. 2008. Taeromys taerae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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