Rattus giluwensis Hill 1960 ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus giluwensis; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6828909; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6828909

705. Mount Giluwe Rat Rattus giluwensis French: Rat du Giluwe / German: Giluwe-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de Giluwe Other common names: Giluwe Rat Taxonomy. Rattus ruber giluwensis Hill, 1960, Mount Giluwe, 11,000-12,000 feet (= 3350— 3660 m), Papua, north-eastern New Guinea. Rattus giluwensis is in the Recent New Guinea species group and sister to a clade including R. verecundus, R. praetor, R. steini, and R. novaeguineae. Monotypic. Distribution. Mt Giulwe and its nearby peaks and Kaijende Highlands, EC New Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head-body 136— 187 mm, tail 84=108 mm, hindfoot 28— 32 mm; weight 50-60 g. The Mount Giluwe Rat is small and vole-like, with long, very thick, and soft pelage without spines. Dorsum is rich cinnamon brown, with longer black guard hairs throughout, being more conspicuous toward rump. Juveniles are less richly cinnamon brown, with less developed guard hairs. Dorsal pelage fades into ventral pelage. Venter is yellowish gray, being dark or steel gray with yellowish buff to cinnamon ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 844-845, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...