Rattus pelurus Sody 1941

Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941. Treubia, 18:308. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), east of Sulawesi. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Peleng Isl. COMMENTS: Originally described by Sody as a subspecies of R. foramineus, but provisionally treated as an ins...

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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 pelurus
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7285044
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285044
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Summary:Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941. Treubia, 18:308. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), east of Sulawesi. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Peleng Isl. COMMENTS: Originally described by Sody as a subspecies of R. foramineus, but provisionally treated as an insular population of R. xanthurus by Musser (1984), and finally reviewed as a distinctive species by Musser and Holden (1991), who also placed it in the R. xanthurus group. 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 657, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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