Rattus osgoodi Musser and Newcomb 1985
Rattus osgoodi Musser and Newcomb 1985 Rattus osgoodi Musser and Newcomb 1985, Am. Mus. Novit., 2814: 18. Type Locality: S Vietnam, Lâm Dðng Province, Langbian Peak, 5000 ft (1524 m; see Musser and Newcomb, 1985:18, for details). Vernacular Names: Osgood's Vietnamese Rat. Distribution: Recorded...
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| Summary: | Rattus osgoodi Musser and Newcomb 1985 Rattus osgoodi Musser and Newcomb 1985, Am. Mus. Novit., 2814: 18. Type Locality: S Vietnam, Lâm Dðng Province, Langbian Peak, 5000 ft (1524 m; see Musser and Newcomb, 1985:18, for details). Vernacular Names: Osgood's Vietnamese Rat. Distribution: Recorded only from two localities on Langbian (= Lam Vien) Plateau in the Dà Lat region of S Vietnam, 900-2000 m (Musser and Newcomb, 1985). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. A Lang Bian Plateau endemic morphologically and probably phylogenetically related to R. losea (Musser and Newcomb, 1985). Among the smallest in body size of the R. rattus species group. 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 1481, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 |
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