Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney 1985
Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney 1985 Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney 1985, Am. Mus. Novit., 2818: 5. Type Locality: Philippines, Sulu Arch., Tawitawi Isl, Batu Batu. Vernacular Names: Tawitawi Forest Rat. Distribution: Greater Sulu Faunal Region. Known only from Tawitawi Isl in S part...
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| Summary: | Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney 1985 Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney 1985, Am. Mus. Novit., 2818: 5. Type Locality: Philippines, Sulu Arch., Tawitawi Isl, Batu Batu. Vernacular Names: Tawitawi Forest Rat. Distribution: Greater Sulu Faunal Region. Known only from Tawitawi Isl in S part of Sulu Arch. Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Still recorded by only three specimens. Phylogenetic affinities unclear; in some traits resembles Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and members of the Rattus palmarum-burrus-simalurensis-lugens clusters on the Nicobar, Simalur, and Mentawai islands more closely than any described Rattus from the Indo-Australian region (Musser and Heaney, 1985). 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 1491, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 |
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