Rattus ringens subsp. dobodurae Troughton 1946 ...

• Main Authors: Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy, Divljan, Anja
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus ringens; Rattus ringens dobodurae troughton, 1946; Cape York; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7555709; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.7555709

Rattus ringens dobodurae Troughton, 1946 Rec. Aust. Mus. 21(7): 407. (24 June 1946). Common name. Cape York Rat. Current name. Rattus leucopus dobodurae Troughton, 1946; following Taylor et al. (1982) and Musser & Carleton (2005). Holotype. M.6960 by original designation. Male adult, [Field no. 253], skull (Fig. 46), study skin, collected on 25 April 1944, presented by Captain G. M. Kohls, USA Typhus Commission, and registered on 23 June 1944. Condition. Cranium missing jugal bone from both zygomatic arches; both dentaries complete. Study skin complete. Type locality. Dobodura district, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea. Paratypes. (5, 4 by subsequent determination). All with same data as holotype, except dates of collection: M.6987 (by original designation), female (allotype), skull, study skin, collection date not given, presented by USA Typhus Commission, registered September 1944; M.6917, male, skull, study skin, collection date not given; M.6973, male, skull, study skin, collected on 27 May 1944; ... : Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on page 378, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800 ...