Rattus lutreolus subsp. cambricus Troughton 1937 ...

Rattus lutreolus cambricus Troughton, 1937b Aust. Zool. 8(4): 283. (12 March 1937). Common name. Swamp Rat. Current name. Rattus lutreolus lutreolus (J. Gray, 1841), following Jackson & Groves (2015). Holotype. M.3192 by original designation. Male, skull, study skin, collected by W. Barnes and H...

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Main Authors: Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy, Divljan, Anja
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Published: Zenodo 2017
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7562810
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Summary:Rattus lutreolus cambricus Troughton, 1937b Aust. Zool. 8(4): 283. (12 March 1937). Common name. Swamp Rat. Current name. Rattus lutreolus lutreolus (J. Gray, 1841), following Jackson & Groves (2015). Holotype. M.3192 by original designation. Male, skull, study skin, collected by W. Barnes and H. Burrell on 1 September 1922; registered on 15 September 1922. Condition. Cranium: both auditory bullae detached, otherwise in good condition; both dentaries complete. Study skin: bald patch on the ventral surface, one tear in the tail tip. Type locality. Booloombayt [= Booloombayte], Myall Lakes, NSW. Paratypes. (3, by original designation). All three are study skins with extracted skulls, all collected by W. Barnes and H. Burrell: M.3190, male, collected on 31 August 1922 at Bombah Point, Myall Lakes; M.3191, male, collected on 31 August 1922 at Booloombayt, Myall Lakes; M.3193, female (allotype), collected 4 September 1922. Comments. Troughton refers to variation in a series of over 20 specimens, but cites ... : 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 375, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800 ...