Rattus arfakiensis ...

• 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 arfakiensis; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868986; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6868986

702. Vogelkop Mountain Rat Rattus arfakiensis French: Rat des Arfak / German: Vogelkop-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Vogelkop Other common names: Arfak Rat Taxonomy. Stenomys niobe arfakiensis Rummler, 1935, Arfak Mountains, 2000 m, Vogelkop [= Bird’s Head] Peninsula, Province of West Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), north-western New Guinea. Rattus arfakiensis has not been included in any phylogenetic studies, and more research is needed to understand its placement in Rattus. It was previously included in R. niobe but is recognized as a species until further research into the R. niobe species complex is conducted. Monotypic. Distribution. Arfak Mts, Bird's Head Peninsula, New Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head-body 133 mm, tail 135 mm, ear 20 mm, hindfoot 29 mm (from holotype). No specific data are available for body weight. The Vogelkop Mountain Rat is a very small species of Rattus, similar but larger on average to the Eastern New Guinea Mountain Rat (R. niobe). Pelage is soft and without spines. ... : 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 844, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...