Rattus sordidus
Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857:242. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, “open plains of" Darling Downs. DISTRIBUTION: S.C. and S.E. New Guinea; Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia (Australia). COMMENT: Includes c...
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| Summary: | Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857:242. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, “open plains of" Darling Downs. DISTRIBUTION: S.C. and S.E. New Guinea; Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia (Australia). COMMENT: Includes contatus; see Taylor and Horner, 1973, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 150 (l): 75. Taylor and Horner, 1973, included villosissimus and colletti in this species, but Baverstock et al., 1977, Chromosoma, 61:227-241, considered them separate species, while Ride, 1970:138, considered villosissimus distinct. Dennis and Menzies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., 26: 197-206, considered bunae and gestri (or gestroi) distinct species from New Guinea; but see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2): 119, 120, 123- 124, who included bunae, colletti, gestri (or gestroi), and villosissimus in sordidus. R. s. sordidus, colletti, and villosissimus, will hybridize but the hybrids exhibit reduced fertility (CHSW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058103001. 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 pages 553-554, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037 |
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