Taeromys dominator

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Taeromys
Species: Taeromys dominator
Name

Taeromys dominator (Thomas, 1921)

Holotype: BMNH 1897.1.2.24, sadult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Charles Hose on 14 November 1895.
Type locality: “Minahassa, N. Celebes. Type from Mt. Masarang, 4000'”.

Combinations

Rattus dominator Thomas, 1921: 244 [original combination]
Taeromys dominator: Sody, 1941: 312 [subsequent combination]
Rattus (Paruromys) dominator: Ellerman in Laurie & Hill, 1954: 117 [subsequent combination]
Paruromys dominator: Musser & Newcomb, 1983: 503 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Thomas, O. 1921. On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muridæ from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 7(39): 243–249. BHL Reference page.
Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18(2): 255–325. DOI: 10.14203/treubia.v18i2.2605 Open access Internet Archive Reference page.
Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. British Museum: London. 175 pp. BHL Reference page.
Musser, G.G. & Newcomb, C. 1983. Malayan murids and the giant rat of Sumatra. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 327–598. hdl: 2246/572 Open access Reference page.

Additional references

Handika, H., Achmadi, A.S., Esselstyn, J.A. & Rowe, K.C. 2021. Molecular and morphological systematics of the Bunomys division (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic radiation on Sulawesi. Zoologica Scripta 50(2): 141–154. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12460 Paywall Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Giant Sulawesi Rat