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Echiothrix centrosa  Miller and Hollister, 1921
Taxonomic Serial No.: 970823

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Echiothrix brevicula Miller and Hollister, 1921
  
  Common Name(s): Central Sulawesi Echiothrix [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings  
                                     SuperfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811  
                                        FamilyMuridae Illiger, 1811 – campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles  
                                           SubfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811 – Old World rats, Old World mice  
                                              GenusEchiothrix Gray, 1867  
                                                 SpeciesEchiothrix centrosa Miller and Hollister, 1921 – Central Sulawesi Echiothrix  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Miller, Gerrit S. Jr., and N. Hollister  
  Publication Date: 1921   
  Article/Chapter Title: Descriptions of sixteen new Murine rodents from Celebes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 34   
  Page(s): 67-76   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
  Notes: Online ISSN: 1943-6327. Available online: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332343   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Superfamily Muroidea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 894-1531   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Echiothrix centrosa, Central Sulawesi Echiothrix [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: A distinct species distinguished from E. leucura by its shorter cranium and mandible, and shorter molar rows with simpler occlusal patterns. The pelage coloration and size features used by Miller and Hollister (1921a) to distinguish brevicula, which is also based upon a sample from C Sulawesi, are not diagnostic. The derived karyotype of male documented by Musser (1990, as leucurus): 2n = 40, FN = 75, consisting of two telocentric pairs, three metacentric pairs, and the rest submetacentric....  
 

 

    

 
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