Rattus lutreolus

Rattus lutreolus (J. E. Gray, 1841). In G. Gray, App. C in Jour. Two Exped. Aust., 11:409. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Hunter River, Moscheto Isl (locality of lectotype; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988). DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania; coastal and subcoastal habitats from vicinity of Adelaid...

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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 lutreolus
Queensland
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7285004
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285004
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Summary:Rattus lutreolus (J. E. Gray, 1841). In G. Gray, App. C in Jour. Two Exped. Aust., 11:409. TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Hunter River, Moscheto Isl (locality of lectotype; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988). DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania; coastal and subcoastal habitats from vicinity of Adelaide in SE South Australia east and north through Victoria, New South Wales to SE Queensland; isolated populations occur in N Queensland (see maps in Taylor and Horner, 1973:53, and Watts and Aslin, 1981:231). SYNONYMS: cambricus, imbil, lacus, pachyurus, petterdi, tetragonurus, vellerosus, velutinus. COMMENTS: Watts and Aslin (1981) provided a comprehensive discussion of the species. See Taylor and Calaby (1988b, Mammalian Species, 299). 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 655, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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