Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby 1982
Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby 1982 Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby 1982, in: Taylor et al., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 173: 259. Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Kalolo Creek, 1070 m. Vernacular Names: Papua New Guinea Rat. Distribution: Recorded only from C Papua New Guinea "...
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| Summary: | Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby 1982 Rattus novaeguineae Taylor and Calaby 1982, in: Taylor et al., Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. 173: 259. Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Kalolo Creek, 1070 m. Vernacular Names: Papua New Guinea Rat. Distribution: Recorded only from C Papua New Guinea "from Kassam westward to Karimui in the north, and southward to Koranga, at altitudes ranging from 740 to 1525 m " (Taylor et al., 1982:259), and from Wasi Falls and Mt Sisa in the Kikori River Basin of S Papua New Guinea (Leary and Seri, 1997); see Taylor et al. (1982) and Flannery (1995 a ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Virtually all taxonomic, distributional, and ecological information associated with R. novaeguineae is contained in the reports by Flannery (1995 a ), Leary and Seri (1997), and Taylor et al. (1982). 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 1480, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 |
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