Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991

• 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 koopmani; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7284990; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF6FFF22FEFA0A3CFD98FD5D

Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden, 1991. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 206:389. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1 °23'S, 123°14'E), which is separated from mainland Sulawesi by deepwater Selat Peleng. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Peleng Isl. COMMENTS: Represented only by the holotype. In some characters, R. koopmani resembles the Sulawesian R. hoffmanni, but it also shares other traits with R. elaphinus from Taliabu Isl to the east of Peleng Isl. More specimens are needed to assess morphological variation (Musser and Holden, 1991) and better estimate phylogenetic affinity. 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 654, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098