Rattus giluwensis Hill 1960

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus giluwensis; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335477; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/20E6DEB355A7CA631B459B71D8985349

Rattus giluwensis Hill 1960 Rattus giluwensis Hill 1960, J. Mammal., 41: 277. Type Locality: NE New Guinea, Papua, Mt Giluwe, 11,000 -12,000 ft (3350-3660 m). Vernacular Names: Mount Giluwe Rat. Synonyms: Rattus melanurus Laurie and Hill 1954. Distribution: Recorded only from Mt Giluwe in Papua New Guinea and adjoining highlands, 2195-3660 m (Taylor et al., 1982). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Originally described as R. ruber melanurus (Laurie and Hill, 1954:112), but the name is preoccupied by Rattus melanurus Shamel, 1940, which refers to a sample of Maxomys whiteheadi . A morphologically distinctive species whose phylogenetic affinities are equivocal (Taylor et al., 1982, 1983). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1471, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535