Rattus giluwensis Hill 1960
Rattus giluwensis Hill, 1960. J. Mammal., 41:277. TYPE LOCALITY: NE New Guinea, Papua, Mt Giluwe, 11,000 -12,000 ft. DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Mt Giluwe, Papua New Guinea and adjoining highlands between 2195 and 3660 m (see map in Taylor et al., 1982). STATUS: IUCN - Rare. COMMENTS: Originall...
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| Summary: | Rattus giluwensis Hill, 1960. J. Mammal., 41:277. TYPE LOCALITY: NE New Guinea, Papua, Mt Giluwe, 11,000 -12,000 ft. DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Mt Giluwe, Papua New Guinea and adjoining highlands between 2195 and 3660 m (see map in Taylor et al., 1982). STATUS: IUCN - Rare. COMMENTS: Originally described as R. ruber melanurus by Laurie and Hill (1954:112), but the name is preoccupied by Rattus melanurus Shamel, 1940, which refers to a sample of Maxomys whiteheadi. A morphologically distinctive species whose phylogenetic affinities seem equivocal (Taylor et al., 1982, 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 653, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 |
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