Rattus omichlodes Misonne 1970 ...

• 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 omichlodes; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868995; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6868995

710. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus omichlodes French: Rat des brumes / German: Misonne-Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Nueva Guinea de Aranius Other common names: Arianus'’s Rat Taxonomy. Rattus omichlodes Misonne, 1970, Ertsberg (4°04 8S, 137°07 bE), 3400 m, western Snow Mountains (= Pegu- nungan Maoke), Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea. Rattus omichlodes has not been included in m)’ genetic studies and was included in R. nichardsoni. Monotypic. Distribution. W Snow Mts, W New Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head—body 128-139 mm, tail 95-8-101 mm, ear 19-20-7 mm, hindfoot 28-2-28-8 mm; weight 69-78 g. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat is small, distinctive, and similar to Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat (R. richardsoni), buttail is shorter and feet are completely black. Pelage is long, dense, and soft. Dorsum is somewhat ginger furred, with light gray hairs and brown tips (being browner on sides than on Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat). Dorsal pelage ... : 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 846, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...