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Rattus sansapor Troughton 1946

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Rattus sansapor Troughton, 1946

Rec. Aust. Mus. 21(7): 409. (24 June 1946).

Common name. Large New Guinea Spiny Rat.

Current name. Rattus praetor coenorum Thomas, 1922b; following subspecific arrangement tentatively proposed by Taylor et al. (1982). Taxonomic clarification of R. praetor coenorum from western New Guinea is needed (see Robins et al. 2014: 14).

Holotype. M.7195 by original designation. Male adult, skull, study skin, presented by Captain James T. Griffiths, registered April 1946, collection date not given.

Condition. Cranium and dentaries complete. Study skin: left pes is enlarged by a pathological deformity; left manus missing digit 2 (probably when live), missing tail tip; skin otherwise complete and in reasonable condition.

Type locality. Sansapor, on the north-west coast of the Vogelkop region, West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Paratype. M.7194 by original designation. Young male, skull, study skin, collection date not given, other data as per holotype.

Comments. Description apparently based on two specimens, with registration numbers cited for both in the original account.

Notes

Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on page 378, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800

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Journal article: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Muridae
Genus
Rattus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Troughton
Species
sansapor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rattus sansapor Troughton, 1946 sec. Parnaby, Ingleby & Divljan, 2017

References

  • Troughton, E. L. G. 1946. Diagnoses of new rats from the New Guinea area. Records of the Australian Museum 21 (7): 406 - 410. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.21.1946.558
  • Thomas, O. 1922 b. New mammals from New Guinea and neighbouring islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 9) 9: 261 - 265. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222932208632670
  • 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 (3): 177 - 336.
  • Robins, J. H., V. Tintinger, K. P. Aplin, M. Hingston, E. Matisoo-Smith, D. Penny, and S. D. Lavery. 2014. Phylogenetic species identification in Rattus Highlights rapid radiation and morphological similarity of New Guinean species. PLoS ONE 9 (5): e 98002. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0098002