Rattus elaphinus Sody 1941
Rattus elaphinus Sody, 1941. Treubia, 18:307. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Sula, Pulau Taliabu (east of Pulau Peleng and Sulawesi). DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Palau (Isl) Taliabu, Indonesia (Musser and Holden, 1991) and adjacent Pulau Manggole (Flannery, in litt.). COMMENTS: A morphologica...
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Summary: | Rattus elaphinus Sody, 1941. Treubia, 18:307. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Sula, Pulau Taliabu (east of Pulau Peleng and Sulawesi). DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Palau (Isl) Taliabu, Indonesia (Musser and Holden, 1991) and adjacent Pulau Manggole (Flannery, in litt.). COMMENTS: A morphologically distinctive species that is most closely related to native Rattus on the Moluccas and New Guinea. Amplified description and comparisons with Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and R. koopmani from Peleng Isl provided by Musser and Holden (1991). Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 651, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098 |
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