Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal and Ghosal 1969
Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal and Ghosal, 1969. Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, 22:41. TYPE LOCALITY: SW Indian Peninsula, India, Kerala State, Trivandrum. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality and Trichur, also in Kerala. COMMENTS: Represented by the four specimens taken at the type locality and tw...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:7285052 2023-06-06T11:58:48+02:00 Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal and Ghosal 1969 Guy G. Musser Michael D. Carleton 1993-12-31 https://zenodo.org/record/7285052 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285052 unknown Smithsonian Institution Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AEFF6BFF26FF0E0861FA56FAA8 doi:10.5281/zenodo.7353098 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 doi:10.5281/zenodo.7285051 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://zenodo.org/record/7285052 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285052 oai:zenodo.org:7285052 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae Rattus Rattus ranjiniae info:eu-repo/semantics/other publication-taxonomictreatment 1993 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.728505210.5281/zenodo.735309810.5281/zenodo.7285051 2023-04-13T23:47:30Z Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal and Ghosal, 1969. Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, 22:41. TYPE LOCALITY: SW Indian Peninsula, India, Kerala State, Trivandrum. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality and Trichur, also in Kerala. COMMENTS: Represented by the four specimens taken at the type locality and two others collected at Trichur. Most information about the species is meager and contained in the original description. Our study of two paratypes kindly loaned to us by Dr. S. Chakraborty revealed that R. ranjiniae is characterized by large claws relative to body size, very long and slender hind feet, large body size, long molar rows, small bullae, narrow incisive foramina, and a short bony palate that does not extend past the third molars. These traits combine in a morphology that is uniquely distinct compared with all other species now placed in Rattus. Phylogenetic relationships of ranjiniae are unknown; possibly this species should be removed from Rattus. 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 658, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098 Other/Unknown Material Rattus rattus Zenodo Indian |
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Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal and Ghosal, 1969. Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, 22:41. TYPE LOCALITY: SW Indian Peninsula, India, Kerala State, Trivandrum. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality and Trichur, also in Kerala. COMMENTS: Represented by the four specimens taken at the type locality and two others collected at Trichur. Most information about the species is meager and contained in the original description. Our study of two paratypes kindly loaned to us by Dr. S. Chakraborty revealed that R. ranjiniae is characterized by large claws relative to body size, very long and slender hind feet, large body size, long molar rows, small bullae, narrow incisive foramina, and a short bony palate that does not extend past the third molars. These traits combine in a morphology that is uniquely distinct compared with all other species now placed in Rattus. Phylogenetic relationships of ranjiniae are unknown; possibly this species should be removed from Rattus. 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 658, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098 |
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