Rattus hoffmanni
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Rattus hoffmanni (Matschie, 1901). Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 25:284.
TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, NE Sulawesi, Minahassa.
DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi; throughout island except upper slopes of Gunung Lampobatang at the end of the SW peninsula (distribution is concordant with that of Paruromys dominator); also on Pulau Malenge in Kepulauan Togian (Musser and Holden, 1991).
SYNONYMS: biformatus, celebensis (of Hoffmann, 1887, not Gray, 1867), linduensis, mengkoka, mollicomus, tatei (see Musser, 1971b).
COMMENTS: Morphological, chromosomal, distributional, and ecological boundaries of species elaborated by Musser and Holden (1991), who also documented taxonomic history. Closest relative of R. hoffmanni is R. mollicomulus from Gunung Lampobatang, Sulawesi; both form the monophyletic Rattus hoffmanni group. Phylogenetic affinities of this group to other species of Rattus is unresolved.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
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References
- Musser, G. G., and M. E. Holden. 1991. Sulawesi rodents (Muridae: Murinae): Morphological and geographical boundaries of species in the Rattus hoffmanni group and a new species from Pulau Peleng. Pp. 322 - 413, in Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman (T. A. Griffiths and D. Klingener, eds.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 206: 1 - 432.
- Musser, G. G. 1971 b. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 94. Taxonomic status of Rattus tatei and Rattus frosti, two taxa of murid rodents known from middle Celebes. American Museum Novitates, 2454: 1 - 19.