Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 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 mollicomulus; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335510; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/16E017D8EE8F69F702060B53E32049B4

Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 1935 Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 1935, Am. Mus. Novit., 802: 4. Type Locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, SW Sulawesi, Gunung Lampobatang, Wawokaraeng, 1500 m. Vernacular Names: Lampobatang Sulawesi Rat. Distribution: Known only from higher slopes of Gunung Lampobatang, Sulawesi (Musser and Holden, 1991). Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Morphological and distributional limits outlined by Musser and Holden (1991), who also provided past historical allocations of the name. Closest relative is R. hoffmanni , which occurs in lowlands of the SW peninsula and throughout the rest of Sulawesi (see that account). 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 1475, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535