Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney 1985

Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney, 1985. Am. Mus. Novit., 2818:5. TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines, Sulu Arch., Tawitawi Isl, Batu Batu. DISTRIBUTION: Tawitawi Island in southern part of Sulu Arch. COMMENTS: Known only by three specimens. Phylogenetic affinities unclear; in some traits resembles Sula...

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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 tawitawiensis
Rattus rattus
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7285079
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7285079
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Summary:Rattus tawitawiensis Musser and Heaney, 1985. Am. Mus. Novit., 2818:5. TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines, Sulu Arch., Tawitawi Isl, Batu Batu. DISTRIBUTION: Tawitawi Island in southern part of Sulu Arch. COMMENTS: Known only by three specimens. Phylogenetic affinities unclear; in some traits resembles Sulawesian R. hoffmanni more closely than any other described species of Rattus from the Indo-Australian region (Musser and Heaney, 1985). 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 661, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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