Rattus lugens Miller 1903

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus lugens; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335502; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/027F43799B1A3DB775B2C1CD113EA8BE

Rattus lugens Miller 1903 Rattus lugens Miller 1903, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 45: 33. Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Utara Pagai (North Pagai Isl). Vernacular Names: Mentawai Archipelago Rat. Synonyms: Rattus mentawai Chasen and Kloss 1928. Distribution: Islands of Siberut, Sipora, Pagai Utara, and Pagai Selattan in the Mentawai Arch. off coast of SW Sumatra; these islands lie on a slender extension of the continental shelf. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Chasen (1940) listed lugens and mentawai each as a subspecies of R. rattus , but the Mentawai endemic is a morphologically distinctive species most closely related to R. adustus from Enggano Isl and R. simalurensis from the adjacent Simalur Arch., and both those two species along with R. lugens appear to be morphologically related to the R. tiomanicus complex (Musser, 1986; Musser and Califia, 1982; Musser and Heaney, 1985; Musser, ms.). Member of the murine fauna endemic to Mentawai Arch. (see account of Leopoldamys siporanus ). 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 1473, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535