Rattus baluensis
677. Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis French: Rat du Kinabalu / German: Kinabalu-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de Kinabalu Other common names: Summit Rat Taxonomy. Mus baluensis Thomas, 1894, “Mount Kina Balu, 8000 feet [= 2438 m].” Rattus baluensis is in the R. rattus species group; it is most closely related...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6868941 2024-09-15T18:32:08+00:00 Rattus baluensis Don E. Wilson Russell A. Mittermeier Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017-11-30 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868941 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534C1FF70E19825B17EE48057 unknown Lynx Edicions https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887260 http://publication.plazi.org/id/E2099A0D3426FF97E1372C0977498313 https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/1E30E27534C1FF70E19825B17EE48057 https://www.gbif.org/species/197825731 https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/100954/taxon/1E30E27534C1FF70E19825B17EE48057.taxon https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6888389 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6899009 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868940 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868941 oai:zenodo.org:6868941 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534C1FF70E19825B17EE48057 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 baluensis info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2017 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.686894110.5281/zenodo.688726010.5281/zenodo.688838910.5281/zenodo.689900910.5281/zenodo.6868940 2024-07-26T19:24:57Z 677. Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis French: Rat du Kinabalu / German: Kinabalu-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de Kinabalu Other common names: Summit Rat Taxonomy. Mus baluensis Thomas, 1894, “Mount Kina Balu, 8000 feet [= 2438 m].” Rattus baluensis is in the R. rattus species group; it is most closely related to R. tio- manicus and has included R. korinchi as a subspecies. It may actually be the same species as R.tiomanicus based on a recent study that had a specimen of R. baluensisthat clustered with R. tiomanicus. Monotypic. Distribution. Mt Kinabalu, N Borneo. Descriptive notes. Head-body 158- 188 mm, tail 175-205 mm, hindfoot 30-35 mm; weight 108 g. The Kinabalu Rat is a medium-sized, with long, dense, and soft pelage. Dorsum is dark tawny, with long black guard hairs mixed throughout, and slightly lighter on sides. Hairs are gray-tipped with ocherous tawny bases. Venteris buffy gray in contrast to grayish white on the Sumatran Mountain Rat (R. korinchi), and it is not sharply demarcated from dorsum. Feet are brown, with darker brown stripe down each metatarsal and metacarpal; claws are sharp, recurved, and short. Ears are small, brown, and covered with short brown hair. Tail is ¢.110% of head— body length and unicolored brown, covered in dark brown hair. Skull has slightly more inflated nasolacrimal capsules than on the Sumatran Mountain Rat. There are five pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, two abdominal, and one inguinal. Habitat. Montane and moss forests and subsummit dwarf forest and scrub at elevations of 1524-3810 m. Food and Feeding. The Kinabalu Rat has been recorded licking inner surfaces of pitcher plants (Nepenthes rajah, Nepenthaceae) while defecating in them, indicating mutualistic symbiosis because pitcher plants feed on fecal matter. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. The Kinabalu Rat is probably mostly terrestrial and nocturnal. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Kinabalu ... Other/Unknown Material Rattus rattus Zenodo |
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677. Kinabalu Rat Rattus baluensis French: Rat du Kinabalu / German: Kinabalu-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de Kinabalu Other common names: Summit Rat Taxonomy. Mus baluensis Thomas, 1894, “Mount Kina Balu, 8000 feet [= 2438 m].” Rattus baluensis is in the R. rattus species group; it is most closely related to R. tio- manicus and has included R. korinchi as a subspecies. It may actually be the same species as R.tiomanicus based on a recent study that had a specimen of R. baluensisthat clustered with R. tiomanicus. Monotypic. Distribution. Mt Kinabalu, N Borneo. Descriptive notes. Head-body 158- 188 mm, tail 175-205 mm, hindfoot 30-35 mm; weight 108 g. The Kinabalu Rat is a medium-sized, with long, dense, and soft pelage. Dorsum is dark tawny, with long black guard hairs mixed throughout, and slightly lighter on sides. Hairs are gray-tipped with ocherous tawny bases. Venteris buffy gray in contrast to grayish white on the Sumatran Mountain Rat (R. korinchi), and it is not sharply demarcated from dorsum. Feet are brown, with darker brown stripe down each metatarsal and metacarpal; claws are sharp, recurved, and short. Ears are small, brown, and covered with short brown hair. Tail is ¢.110% of head— body length and unicolored brown, covered in dark brown hair. Skull has slightly more inflated nasolacrimal capsules than on the Sumatran Mountain Rat. There are five pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, two abdominal, and one inguinal. Habitat. Montane and moss forests and subsummit dwarf forest and scrub at elevations of 1524-3810 m. Food and Feeding. The Kinabalu Rat has been recorded licking inner surfaces of pitcher plants (Nepenthes rajah, Nepenthaceae) while defecating in them, indicating mutualistic symbiosis because pitcher plants feed on fecal matter. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. The Kinabalu Rat is probably mostly terrestrial and nocturnal. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Kinabalu ... |
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