Rattus culmorum subsp. apex Troughton 1939
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Description
Rattus culmorum apex Troughton, 1939
Rec. Aust. Mus. 20(4): 280. (31 March 1939).
Common name. Pale Field Rat.
Current name. Rattus tunneyi culmorum (Thomas & Dollman, 1909), following Jackson & Groves (2015).
Holotype. M.3371 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. 2432], skull, study skin, collected by Robin Kemp on 3 January 1913. Received by exchange from the BMNH in 1923 (apparently not registered in BMNH collection), registered in the AM on 10 December 1923.
Condition. Cranium, dentaries and study skin complete.
Type locality. Specimen tag cites “Skull Creek; Cape York alt. 20 m ”. Troughton (1939) states that Skull Creek is in the extreme north-west of Cape York Peninsula, Qld.
Comments. Troughton’s description appears to be based on a single specimen.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH, AM
- Event date
- 1913-01-03
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Rattus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Species
- apex
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1913-01-03/1923-12-10
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rattus culmorum subsp. apex Troughton, 1939 sec. Parnaby, Ingleby & Divljan, 2017
References
- Troughton, E. L. G. 1939. Queensland rats of economic importance, and new forms of Rattus and Thetomys. Records of the Australian Museum 20 (4): 278 - 281. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.20.1939.577