Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937:2
Buehler’s giant rat, Buhler’s coryphomys, Buhler's rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Coryphomys bühleri Schaub, 1937 (orthographic error)
Conservation Status
Extinct
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Timor Island, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: NMB A.P.1.
Referred material:
A partial list of referred material can be found in (Aplin & Helgen, 2010).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schaub, S. (1937). Ein neuer Muridae von Timor. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 48: 1-6.
Other references:
Aplin, K. P. and Helgen, K. M. (2010). Quaternary Murid Rodents of Timor Part I: New Material of Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937, and Description of a Second Species of the Genus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, No. 341, 80 pp.
Chiozza, F. (2008). Coryphomys buehleri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 May 2012.
Chiozza, F. 2019. Coryphomys buehleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T5414A22416034. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5414A22416034.en. Downloaded on 26 June 2021.
Glover, I. (1986). Archaeology in eastern Timor, 1966-67. Terra Australis 11: 1-241.
Hooijer, D. A. (1965). Note on Coryphomys bühleri Schaub, a gigantic murine rodent from Timor. Israel Journal of Science 14: 128-133.
Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
Stehlin, H. G. and Schaub, S. (1951). Die Trigonodontie der simplicidentaten Nager. Basel: Birkhäuser, 385 pp.
Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. 2005 Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.