Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Rattus tunneyi Thomas 1904

Description

Rattus tunneyi Thomas, 1904. Novit. Zool., 11:223.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Mary River.

DISTRIBUTION: N. and S.W. Western Australia, Northern Territory, E. Queensland, and N.E. New South Wales (Australia).

COMMENT: Includes culmorum and melvilleus; see Taylor and Horner, 1973, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 150 (l): 92. This species will hybridize with colletti but the hybrids exhibit reduced fertility (CHSW).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058109001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 554, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037

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Biodiversity

Family
Muridae
Genus
Rattus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Species
tunneyi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rattus tunneyi Thomas, 1904 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Taylor, J. M., and B. E. Horner. 1973. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 98. Systematics of native Australian Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 150: 1 - 130.