Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991
Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991 Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 206: 389. Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), which is separated from mainland Sulawesi by deepwater Selat Peleng. Vernacular Names: Koopman&#...
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| Summary: | Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991 Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 206: 389. Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), which is separated from mainland Sulawesi by deepwater Selat Peleng. Vernacular Names: Koopman's Peleng Island Rat. Distribution: Known only from Peleng Isl. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Represented only by the holotype. In many characters, R. koopmani resembles the Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and bears the same degree of relationship to that species as the Peleng R. pelurus does to mainland R. xanthurus . More specimens are needed to assess morphological variation and better estimate phylogenetic affinity (Musser and Holden, 1991). Occurs with R. pelurus , a member of the R. xanthurus group; no other species of Rattus have been found on Pulau Peleng, but past biological surveys have been limited. 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 |
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