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Rattus giluwensis Hill 1960
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Description
Rattus giluwensis Hill, 1960. J. Mammal., 41:277.
TYPE LOCALITY: NE New Guinea, Papua, Mt Giluwe, 11,000 -12,000 ft.
DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Mt Giluwe, Papua New Guinea and adjoining highlands between 2195 and 3660 m (see map in Taylor et al., 1982).
STATUS: IUCN - Rare.
COMMENTS: Originally described as R. ruber melanurus by Laurie and Hill (1954:112), but the name is preoccupied by Rattus melanurus Shamel, 1940, which refers to a sample of Maxomys whiteheadi. A morphologically distinctive species whose phylogenetic affinities seem equivocal (Taylor et al., 1982, 1983).
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 653, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Rattus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Hill
- Species
- giluwensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rattus giluwensis Hill, 1960 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.
- Laurie, E. M. O., and J. E. Hill. 1954. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758 - 1952. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 175 pp.
- Taylor, J. M., J. H. Calaby, and S. C. Smith. 1983. Native Rattus, land bridges, and the Australian region. Journal of Mammalogy, 64: 463 - 475.