Rattus lugens
Rattus lugens (Miller, 1903). Smithson. Mise. Coll., 45:33. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Utara Pagai (North Pagai Isl). DISTRIBUTION: Islands of Siberut, Sipora, Pagai Utara, and Pagai Selattan in the Mentawai Archipelago off coast of SW Sumatra; these islands lie on a slender...
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1993
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| Summary: | Rattus lugens (Miller, 1903). Smithson. Mise. Coll., 45:33. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Mentawai, Pulau Utara Pagai (North Pagai Isl). DISTRIBUTION: Islands of Siberut, Sipora, Pagai Utara, and Pagai Selattan in the Mentawai Archipelago off coast of SW Sumatra; these islands lie on a slender peninsula of the continental shelf. SYNONYMS: mentawai. COMMENTS: Chasen (1940) listed lugens and mentawai each as a subspecies of R. rattus , but the Mentawai endemic is a morphologically distinctive species closely related to R. adustus from Enggano Isl, and to the R. tiomanicus complex (Musser, 1986; Musser and Califia, 1982; Musser and Heaney, 1985). Part of the rodent fauna endemic to Mentawi Archipelago (see account of Leopoldamys siporanus). 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 |
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