Rattus losea ...

• 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 losea; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868933; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6868933

672. Losea Rat Rattus losea French: Rat losea / German: Kleine Reisfeldratte / Spanish: Rata de arrozal menor Other common names: Lesser Ricefield Rat Taxonomy. Mus losea Swinhoe, 1871, “For- mosa [= Taiwan].” Rattus loseais in the R. rattusspecies groups, is sister to the R. rattus clade (R. rattus, R. tanezumi, R. sakeratensis, R. tiomanicus), and is related to R. osgoodi. R. sakeratensis was originally included as a synonym of R. losea, but following phylogenetic studies, populations in northern Thailand and Laos have been allocated to R. sakeratensis. Specific identity of a population in Penin- sular Thailand and Malaysia is uncertain but is included in R.losea until further review. There were three subspecies recently recognized (exiguus, losea, and sakeratensis) in China, but this arrangement is not followed here. Monotypic. Distribution. SC & SE China (including Hainan, Taiwan, and Penghu Is), extreme N Laos, N, C & S Vietham, W & C Cambodia, and provisionally S peninsular Thailand and ... : 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 834-835, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...