Rattus jobiensis Riimmler 1935

• 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 jobiensis; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284988; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF6EFF23FF08025AFA03F53C

Rattus jobiensis Riimmler, 1935. Z. Säugetierk., 10:116. TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Pulay Yapen (Japen Isl) in Teluk Cendrawasih (Geelvinck Bay). DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, recorded only from islands of Yapen, Owi, and Biak in Geelvinck Bay (see map in Taylor et al., 1982:262). SYNONYMS: biakensis, owiensis. COMMENTS: Originally described as a subspecies of R. leucopus, jobiensis is a distinctive species that may be more closely related to Moluccan endemics than to native mainland New Guinea species of Rattus (Taylor et al., 1982). 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