Rattus sordidus ...
721. Canefield Rat Rattus sordidus French: Rat des cannes / German: Australische Zuckerrohrratte / Spanish: Rata de canaveral Other common names: Dusky Field-rat, Field Rat, Sombre Downs Rat, Sordid Rat Taxonomy. Mus sordidus Gould, 1858, “Open plains of Darling Downs,” Queens-land, Australia. Rattu...
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| Summary: | 721. Canefield Rat Rattus sordidus French: Rat des cannes / German: Australische Zuckerrohrratte / Spanish: Rata de canaveral Other common names: Dusky Field-rat, Field Rat, Sombre Downs Rat, Sordid Rat Taxonomy. Mus sordidus Gould, 1858, “Open plains of Darling Downs,” Queens-land, Australia. Rattus sordidus is in the R. sordidus species group, which clusters with the other Australian species groups. All Australian species aresister to a clade containing the New Guinea endemic species, although not all species have been sampled and more research is needed to fully resolve the relationships within this clade of Rattus. Rattus sordidus previously included R. colletti and R. villossisimus as subspecies, but both are recognized as separate sister species, with R. sordidus being sister to them both. There is apparently an undescribed species from northern Queensland that is a pest in wheatfields, and subspecies of R. sordidus could be recognized with future research. Monotypic. Distribution. C, S & SE New ... : 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 850-851, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ... |
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