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Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby 1982

Description

Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby, 1982. In Taylor et al., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 173:259

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Kalolo Creek, 1070 m.

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Papua New Guinea "from Kassam westward to Karimui in the north, and southward to Koranga, at altitudes ranging from 740 to 1525 m " (Taylor et al., 1982:259; see map on p. 258).

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 657, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Biodiversity

Family
Muridae
Genus
Rattus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Taylor and Calaby
Species
novaeguineae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rattus novaeguineae and, 1982 sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Taylor, J. M., J. H. Calaby, and H. M. Van Deusen. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 173: 177 - 336.