Rattus steini Rümmler 1935
Rattus steini Rümmler 1935 Rattus steini Rümmler 1935, Z. Saugetierk., 10: 115. Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Kunupi. Vernacular Names: Stein's New Guinea Rat. Synonyms: Rattus baliemensis Taylor and Calaby 1982; Rattus försteri (Rümmler 1935); Ratt...
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| Summary: | Rattus steini Rümmler 1935 Rattus steini Rümmler 1935, Z. Saugetierk., 10: 115. Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Kunupi. Vernacular Names: Stein's New Guinea Rat. Synonyms: Rattus baliemensis Taylor and Calaby 1982; Rattus försteri (Rümmler 1935); Rattus hageni Troughton 1937; Rattus rosalinda Hinton 1943. Distribution: Mostly mid-montane elevations along Central Cordillera of the Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to C Papua New Guinea, as well as highlands along N coast and on Huon Peninsula; 20-2800 m; absent from the Vogelkop Peninsula, Trans-Fly region, and E Papua (see Taylor et al., 1982:243, and Flannery, 1995 a :337). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Until Taylor et al.'s (1982) revision, the distinctness of R. steini was obscured by its historical allocation at different times as a subspecies of R. leucopus , R. mordax , R. ringens (= R. leucopus ), R. ruber (= R. nitidus ), and Stenomys verecundus . 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 1489, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 |
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