Rattus praetor

Rattus praetor (Thomas, 1888). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 2: 158. TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Guadalcanal Isl., Aola. DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isis. COMMENT: This name is used in place of ruber (now considered a junior synonym of nitidus); see Calaby and Taylor, 1980, Z...

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Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
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Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7211529
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Summary:Rattus praetor (Thomas, 1888). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 2: 158. TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Guadalcanal Isl., Aola. DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isis. COMMENT: This name is used in place of ruber (now considered a junior synonym of nitidus); see Calaby and Taylor, 1980, Zool. Meded., 55:215-219. For information supplementing the original description see Thomas, 1890, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889:481. Laurie and Hill, 1954:110, included feliceus in ruber, but Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2): 168, considered feliceus a distinct species from Seram. Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 552, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037