Rattus enganus

Rattus enganus (Miller, 1906). Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 30:821. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Pulau Enggano (west of Sumatra and off the continental margin). DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Enggano Isl. COMMENTS: Represented only by the holotype. Some cranial, dental, and external features resemble those in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guy G. Musser, Michael D. Carleton
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus enganus
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7284957
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284957
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Summary:Rattus enganus (Miller, 1906). Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 30:821. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Pulau Enggano (west of Sumatra and off the continental margin). DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Enggano Isl. COMMENTS: Represented only by the holotype. Some cranial, dental, and external features resemble those in R. macleari from Christmas Island and R. xanthurus from Sulawesi, but the holotype of R. enganus is morphologically distinctive; determining its phylogenetic affinities within Rattus will require more specimens from Enggano Isl and revisionary study of the genus (Musser and Newcomb, 1983). 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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