Spiny Boki Mekot Rat
Halmaheramys bokimekot Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi & Helgen, 2013
Also calledHalmahera-Stachelratte (deu) · Rat de Boki Mekot (fra) · Tikus Duri Boki Mekot (ind)
First described in: Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Marie Pagès, Guy G. Musser, Yuli S. Fitriana, John Fjeldsa, et al. (2013). A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 169, No. 2.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Dense primary lowland evergreen forest at elevations of 700 - 750 m.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
breeding
Breeding. A pregnant Spiny Boki Mekot Rat with three embryos and three scrotal males were caught in January.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The [UCN Red List. The Spiny Boki Mekot Rat is probably threatened by mining and logging operations, but additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history and conservation threats.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Halmaheramys bokimekot in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7703233.