Bunomys

Bunomys is a genus of rodent from Sulawesi and Buton Island.[1]

Bunomys Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Bunomys Thomas, 1910
Species
Bunomys andrewsi Bunomys chrysocomus Bunomys coelestis Bunomys fratrorum Bunomys karokophilus Bunomys penitus Bunomys prolatus Bunomys torajae

Currently, eight species are recognised in two species-groups.[2]

Species

Genus Bunomys
chrysocomus-group:

• Yellow-haired hill rat, Bunomys chrysocomus Hoffmann, 1887
• Heavenly hill rat, Bunomys coelestis Thomas, 1896
• Long-headed hill rat, Bunomys prolatus Musser, 1991
• Bunomys torajae Musser, Achmadi, Esselstyn and Rowe, 2014

fratrorum-group:

• Fraternal hill rat, Bunomys fratrorum Thomas, 1896
• Andrew's hill rat, Bunomys andrewsi J. A. Allen, 1911
• Inland hill rat, Bunomys penitus Miller and Hollister, 1921
• Bunomys karokophilus Musser, 2014

References

1. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Genus Bunomys". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1298–1301. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Musser, Guy G. (2014). "A systematic review of Sulawesi Bunomys (Muridae, Murinae) with the description of two new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 392: 1–313. doi:10.1206/863.1. S2CID 83736022.