Rattus palmarum ...

• 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 palmarum; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868921; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6868921

663. Car Nicobar Rat Rattus palmarum French: Rat des palmiers / German: CarNicobarPalmenratte / Spanish: Rata de Car Nicobar Other common names: Palm Rat, Zelebor's Nicobar Rat Taxonomy. Mus palmarum Zelebor, 1869, Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands, India. Rattus palmarum has not been included in any recent phylogenetic study, but it may be related to R.tiomanicus based on morphology and possibly R. burrus. Type locality was not given but was determined to be Car Nicobar based on detailed records of where specimens were collected. Monotypic. Distribution. Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar Is, India. Descriptive notes. Head-body 225-240 mm, tail 220-231 mm, hindfoot 48 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Car Nicobar Rat is a large species of endemic and barely known Rattus. Pelage is dense and rough. Dorsum is dark brown, mixed with longer black guard hairs and soft spines. Venter 1s white. Ears are dark brown; vibrissae are long. Tail is less than 100% of head-body length and unicolored dark ... : 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 831-832, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...