Rattus jobiensis Rümmler 1935

• 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 jobiensis; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335487; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B901E1D7DD92D49CE7FD78663815ADD1

Rattus jobiensis Rümmler 1935 Rattus jobiensis Rümmler 1935, Z. Saugetierk., 10: 116. Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Pulau Yapen in Teluk Cendrawasih (Geelvinck Bay). Vernacular Names: Yapen Island Rat. Synonyms: Rattus biakensis Troughton 1945; Rattus owiensis Troughton 1946. Distribution: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), recorded only from islands of Yapen, Owi, Supiori, and Biak in Geelvinck Bay (Flannery, 1995 b :154; Taylor et al., 1982:262). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Originally described as a subspecies of R. leucopus , jobiensis is a distinctive, separate species that may be more closely related to Moluccan endemics than to native mainland New Guinea species (Taylor et al., 1982). Reviewed by Flannery (1995 b ). 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 1472, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535