Rattus lugens ...

• 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 lugens; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868953; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6868953

682. Mentawai Archipelago Rat Rattus lugens French: Rat des Mentawai / German: Mentawai-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de Mentawai Other common names: Mentawai Rat Taxonomy. Mus lugens G. S. Miller, 1903, Pulau UtaraPagai (= North Pagai Island), Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia. Rattus lugens is morphologically allied with R. adustus and R. simalurensis, which together seem to be related to R. tiomanicus, being part of the R. rattus species group. Monotypic. Distribution. Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai, and South Pagai Is, Mentawai Archipelago, off W Sumatra. Descriptive notes. Head-body 226 mm,tail 210 mm, hindfoot 41 mm (from holotype). No specific data are available for body weight. The Mentawai Archipelago Rat is large and distinctive, similar to the Simalur Archipelago Rat (R. simalurensis), being darker, less buffy, and larger. Pelage is dense, fine, and moderately coarse. Dorsum is brownish black, lighter and buffier on sides and blending into ventral pelage. Venteris slate gray, with rusty brown streak on chest. ... : 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 837, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...