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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Smithsonian Institution Press
1993
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285016 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF6CFF21FF1D0235FD9DF557 |
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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