Rattus baluensis ...

• 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 baluensis; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868940; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6868940

677. Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis French: Rat du Kinabalu / German: Kinabalu-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de Kinabalu Other common names: Summit Rat Taxonomy. Mus baluensis Thomas, 1894, “Mount Kina Balu, 8000 feet [= 2438 m].” Rattus baluensis is in the R. rattus species group; it is most closely related to R. tio- manicus and has included R. korinchi as a subspecies. It may actually be the same species as R.tiomanicus based on a recent study that had a specimen of R. baluensisthat clustered with R. tiomanicus. Monotypic. Distribution. Mt Kinabalu, N Borneo. Descriptive notes. Head-body 158- 188 mm, tail 175-205 mm, hindfoot 30-35 mm; weight 108 g. The Kinabalu Rat is a medium-sized, with long, dense, and soft pelage. Dorsum is dark tawny, with long black guard hairs mixed throughout, and slightly lighter on sides. Hairs are gray-tipped with ocherous tawny bases. Venteris buffy gray in contrast to grayish white on the Sumatran Mountain Rat (R. korinchi), and it is not sharply demarcated from dorsum. Feet are ... : 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 page 836, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...