Rattus tunneyi Thomas 1904

Rattus tunneyi Thomas, 1904. Novit. Zool., 11:223. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Mary River. DISTRIBUTION: N. and S.W. Western Australia, Northern Territory, E. Queensland, and N.E. New South Wales (Australia). COMMENT: Includes culmorum and melvilleus; see Taylor and Horner, 1973, B...

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Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7211565
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7211565
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Summary:Rattus tunneyi Thomas, 1904. Novit. Zool., 11:223. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Northern Territory, Mary River. DISTRIBUTION: N. and S.W. Western Australia, Northern Territory, E. Queensland, and N.E. New South Wales (Australia). COMMENT: Includes culmorum and melvilleus; see Taylor and Horner, 1973, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 150 (l): 92. This species will hybridize with colletti but the hybrids exhibit reduced fertility (CHSW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058109001. 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 554, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353037