Rattus praetor ...

• 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 praetor; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6869001; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6869001

712. Large New Guinea Spiny Rat Rattus praetor French: Rat préteur / German: GroRe Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de Nueva Guinea grande Other common names: Large New Guinea Rat, Large Spiny Rat Taxonomy. Mus praetor Thomas, 1888, Aola, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands. Rattus praetor is included in a clade of Re- cent New Guinea native species and seems to be close to R. steini (which makesit paraphyletic), R. mordax, and R. novaeguineae. As currently defined, R. praetor almost certainly represents multiple species, particularly because there are regularly caught specimens outside the current known distribution that are fairly similar to R.praetor. The newly described species R. nikenii was previously included in R. praetor. Two subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. R.p.praetorThomas,1888—BismarckArchipelago(includingtheAdmiraltyIs)andnearbyIs,aswellastheSolomonIs. R. p. coenorum Thomas, 1922 —W & NNew Guinea; populations on Gebe I and Salawati I probably represent this taxon. ... : 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 pages 846-847, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...