Rattus vandeuseni ...
715. Van Deusen’s New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus vandeuseni French: Rat de Van Deusen / German: Van-Deusen-Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Nueva Guinea de Van Deusen Other common names: Van Deusen’s Rat Taxonomy. Rattus verecundus vandeuseni J. M. Taylor & Calaby, 1982, “Middle Cam...
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| Summary: | 715. Van Deusen’s New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus vandeuseni French: Rat de Van Deusen / German: Van-Deusen-Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Nueva Guinea de Van Deusen Other common names: Van Deusen’s Rat Taxonomy. Rattus verecundus vandeuseni J. M. Taylor & Calaby, 1982, “Middle Camp, 1540 m, northern slope of Mt. Dayman, Maneau Range, 1540 m,” Papua New Guinea. Rattus vandeuseni has not been included in any phylogenetic studies. It was originally recognized as a subspeciesof R. verecundus butis recognized as a distinct species here. Monotypic. Distribution. Extreme SE Papuan Peninsula, New Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head-body 141-160 mm (males) and 120-150 mm (females), tail 149-152 mm (males) and 125-147 mm (females), ear 18-:9-19-8 mm (males) and 19-8-20-7 mm (females), hindfoot 30-5-31-2 mm (males) and 30-5-31 mm (females); weight 68-74 g (males) and 50-88 g (females). Van Deusen’s New Guinea Mountain Rat is small and slightly sexually dimorphic, with males a little larger than females. ... : 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 847-848, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ... |
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