Rattus palmarum
663. Car Nicobar Rat Rattus palmarum French: Rat des palmiers / German: CarNicobarPalmenratte / Spanish: Rata de Car Nicobar Other common names: Palm Rat, Zelebor's Nicobar Rat Taxonomy. Mus palmarum Zelebor, 1869, Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands, India. Rattus palmarum has not been included in an...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6868921 2024-09-15T18:32:08+00:00 Rattus palmarum Don E. Wilson Russell A. Mittermeier Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017-11-30 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868921 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534C4FF74E457200F736B8609 unknown Lynx Edicions https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887260 http://publication.plazi.org/id/E2099A0D3426FF97E1372C0977498313 https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/1E30E27534C4FF74E457200F736B8609 https://www.gbif.org/species/197825672 https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/100954/taxon/1E30E27534C4FF74E457200F736B8609.taxon https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6888331 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868920 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868921 oai:zenodo.org:6868921 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534C4FF74E457200F736B8609 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae Rattus Rattus palmarum info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2017 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.686892110.5281/zenodo.688726010.5281/zenodo.688833110.5281/zenodo.6868920 2024-07-26T21:55:23Z 663. Car Nicobar Rat Rattus palmarum French: Rat des palmiers / German: CarNicobarPalmenratte / Spanish: Rata de Car Nicobar Other common names: Palm Rat, Zelebor's Nicobar Rat Taxonomy. Mus palmarum Zelebor, 1869, Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands, India. Rattus palmarum has not been included in any recent phylogenetic study, but it may be related to R.tiomanicus based on morphology and possibly R. burrus. Type locality was not given but was determined to be Car Nicobar based on detailed records of where specimens were collected. Monotypic. Distribution. Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar Is, India. Descriptive notes. Head-body 225-240 mm, tail 220-231 mm, hindfoot 48 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Car Nicobar Rat is a large species of endemic and barely known Rattus. Pelage is dense and rough. Dorsum is dark brown, mixed with longer black guard hairs and soft spines. Venter 1s white. Ears are dark brown; vibrissae are long. Tail is less than 100% of head-body length and unicolored dark brown. Skull is large and robust, with thick and high dorso-lateral ridges. There are five pairs of mammae: two axillary and three inguinal. Habitat. Tropical evergreen forests and mangrove areas at elevations of 50-150 m. The Car Nicobar Rat might prefer crowns of palm trees. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. The Car Nicobar Rat is nocturnal and arboreal. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The Car Nicobar Ratis known from only four specimens and virtually nothing it known about its natural history, taxonomy, and conservation threats. It is included as Schedule V (considered vermin) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Increasing palm plantations might benefit the Car Nicobar Rat, but tsunamis probably have negative effects. Bibliography. Agrawal (2000), Corbet & Hill (1992), Ellerman (1961), Johnsingh & Manjrekar (2015), Molur (20161), Molur et al. ... Other/Unknown Material Rattus rattus Zenodo |
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663. Car Nicobar Rat Rattus palmarum French: Rat des palmiers / German: CarNicobarPalmenratte / Spanish: Rata de Car Nicobar Other common names: Palm Rat, Zelebor's Nicobar Rat Taxonomy. Mus palmarum Zelebor, 1869, Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands, India. Rattus palmarum has not been included in any recent phylogenetic study, but it may be related to R.tiomanicus based on morphology and possibly R. burrus. Type locality was not given but was determined to be Car Nicobar based on detailed records of where specimens were collected. Monotypic. Distribution. Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar Is, India. Descriptive notes. Head-body 225-240 mm, tail 220-231 mm, hindfoot 48 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Car Nicobar Rat is a large species of endemic and barely known Rattus. Pelage is dense and rough. Dorsum is dark brown, mixed with longer black guard hairs and soft spines. Venter 1s white. Ears are dark brown; vibrissae are long. Tail is less than 100% of head-body length and unicolored dark brown. Skull is large and robust, with thick and high dorso-lateral ridges. There are five pairs of mammae: two axillary and three inguinal. Habitat. Tropical evergreen forests and mangrove areas at elevations of 50-150 m. The Car Nicobar Rat might prefer crowns of palm trees. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. The Car Nicobar Rat is nocturnal and arboreal. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The Car Nicobar Ratis known from only four specimens and virtually nothing it known about its natural history, taxonomy, and conservation threats. It is included as Schedule V (considered vermin) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Increasing palm plantations might benefit the Car Nicobar Rat, but tsunamis probably have negative effects. Bibliography. Agrawal (2000), Corbet & Hill (1992), Ellerman (1961), Johnsingh & Manjrekar (2015), Molur (20161), Molur et al. ... |
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