Rattus omichlodes Misonne 1970
710. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus omichlodes French: Rat des brumes / German: Misonne-Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Nueva Guinea de Aranius Other common names: Arianus'’s Rat Taxonomy. Rattus omichlodes Misonne, 1970, Ertsberg (4°04 8S, 137°07 bE), 3400 m, western Sn...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6868995 2024-09-15T18:32:09+00:00 Rattus omichlodes Misonne 1970 Don E. Wilson Russell A. Mittermeier Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017-11-30 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868995 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534D7FF66E186254D7EE08125 unknown Lynx Edicions https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6887260 http://publication.plazi.org/id/E2099A0D3426FF97E1372C0977498313 https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/1E30E27534D7FF66E186254D7EE08125 https://www.gbif.org/species/197825766 https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/100954/taxon/1E30E27534D7FF66E186254D7EE08125.taxon https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6888419 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6888435 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868994 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868995 oai:zenodo.org:6868995 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534D7FF66E186254D7EE08125 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 omichlodes info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2017 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.686899510.5281/zenodo.688726010.5281/zenodo.688841910.5281/zenodo.688843510.5281/zenodo.6868994 2024-07-27T03:25:51Z 710. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus omichlodes French: Rat des brumes / German: Misonne-Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Nueva Guinea de Aranius Other common names: Arianus'’s Rat Taxonomy. Rattus omichlodes Misonne, 1970, Ertsberg (4°04 8S, 137°07 bE), 3400 m, western Snow Mountains (= Pegu- nungan Maoke), Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea. Rattus omichlodes has not been included in m)’ genetic studies and was included in R. nichardsoni. Monotypic. Distribution. W Snow Mts, W New Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head—body 128-139 mm, tail 95-8-101 mm, ear 19-20-7 mm, hindfoot 28-2-28-8 mm; weight 69-78 g. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat is small, distinctive, and similar to Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat (R. richardsoni), buttail is shorter and feet are completely black. Pelage is long, dense, and soft. Dorsum is somewhat ginger furred, with light gray hairs and brown tips (being browner on sides than on Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat). Dorsal pelage blends into ventral pelage. Venter is lighter brown than dorsum, with gray base. Feet are distinctly dark grayish black. Ears are broad and fringed with gingerfur; vibrissae are relatively short. Tail is ¢.75% of head-body length. Skull is smaller than in Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat and without beaded interorbital constrictions. There are three pairs of mammae: one pectoral and two inguinal. Habitat. Alpine scrub, shallow marshes, and boggy alpine heath at elevations of¢.2950 m. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat has a very restricted distribution, but it occurs in Lorentz National Park. More research is needed to fully understand its natural history and conservation threats. Bibliography. Flannery (1995b), Leary, Singadan, Menzies, Wright, Lunde & Aplin (2008), Misonne ... Other/Unknown Material Rattus rattus Lunde Zenodo |
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710. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat Rattus omichlodes French: Rat des brumes / German: Misonne-Neuguinea-Ratte / Spanish: Rata de montana de Nueva Guinea de Aranius Other common names: Arianus'’s Rat Taxonomy. Rattus omichlodes Misonne, 1970, Ertsberg (4°04 8S, 137°07 bE), 3400 m, western Snow Mountains (= Pegu- nungan Maoke), Province of Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), New Guinea. Rattus omichlodes has not been included in m)’ genetic studies and was included in R. nichardsoni. Monotypic. Distribution. W Snow Mts, W New Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head—body 128-139 mm, tail 95-8-101 mm, ear 19-20-7 mm, hindfoot 28-2-28-8 mm; weight 69-78 g. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat is small, distinctive, and similar to Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat (R. richardsoni), buttail is shorter and feet are completely black. Pelage is long, dense, and soft. Dorsum is somewhat ginger furred, with light gray hairs and brown tips (being browner on sides than on Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat). Dorsal pelage blends into ventral pelage. Venter is lighter brown than dorsum, with gray base. Feet are distinctly dark grayish black. Ears are broad and fringed with gingerfur; vibrissae are relatively short. Tail is ¢.75% of head-body length. Skull is smaller than in Richardson’s New Guinea Mountain Rat and without beaded interorbital constrictions. There are three pairs of mammae: one pectoral and two inguinal. Habitat. Alpine scrub, shallow marshes, and boggy alpine heath at elevations of¢.2950 m. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Arianus’s New Guinea Mountain Rat has a very restricted distribution, but it occurs in Lorentz National Park. More research is needed to fully understand its natural history and conservation threats. Bibliography. Flannery (1995b), Leary, Singadan, Menzies, Wright, Lunde & Aplin (2008), Misonne ... |
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