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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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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