Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 1935

Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold, 1935. Am. Mus. Novit., 802:4. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Sulawesi, SW Sulawesi, Gunung Lampobatang, Wawokaraeng, 1500 m. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the upper slopes of Gunung Lampobatang, Sulawesi; distribution is concordant with Paruromys ursinus (Musser and...

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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 mollicomulus
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285016
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Summary:Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold, 1935. Am. Mus. Novit., 802:4. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Sulawesi, SW Sulawesi, Gunung Lampobatang, Wawokaraeng, 1500 m. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the upper slopes of Gunung Lampobatang, Sulawesi; distribution is concordant with Paruromys ursinus (Musser and Holden, 1991). COMMENTS: Morphological and distributional limits outlined by Musser and Holden (1991), who also provided a history of past allocations of the name. Closest relative is R. hoffmanni , which occurs in lowlands of the SW peninsula and throughout the rest of Sulawesi. 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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