Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold 1935 ...
692. South-eastern Xanthurus Rat Rattus salocco French: Rat du Salokko / German: Sidostliche Gelbschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola dorada suroriental Taxonomy . Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold, 1935, “Tanke Salocco, Mengkoka Range, southeastern Celebes [ = Sulawesi, Indonesia], 1500 meters.” R...
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| Summary: | 692. South-eastern Xanthurus Rat Rattus salocco French: Rat du Salokko / German: Sidostliche Gelbschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola dorada suroriental Taxonomy . Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold, 1935, “Tanke Salocco, Mengkoka Range, southeastern Celebes [ = Sulawesi, Indonesia], 1500 meters.” Rattus salocco is in the R. xanthurus species group within Rattus, apparently being most closely related to R.marmosurus. Monotypic. Distribution. Tanke Salokko and the Mowewe lowlands on the SE peninsula of Sulawesi. Descriptive notes. Head-body 211 mm, tail 265 mm, hindfoot 39 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The South-eastern Xanthurus Rat is large, with long andfairly soft pelage and long black guard hairs, but not as long as on the Northeastern Xanthurus Rat (R. xanthurus) and the Marmoset Xanthurus Rat (R. marmosurus). Dorsum is brownish black, with brown-tipped hairs; venteris bufty white, fading to yellowish on neck and chin; and ventral pelage is not strongly demarcated from dorsal ... : 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 841, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ... |
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