Rattus culmorum subsp. apex Troughton 1939

Rattus culmorum apex Troughton, 1939 Rec. Aust. Mus. 20(4): 280. (31 March 1939). Common name . Pale Field Rat. Current name . Rattus tunneyi culmorum (Thomas & Dollman, 1909), following Jackson & Groves (2015). Holotype . M.3371 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. 2432], skull...

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Main Authors: Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy, Divljan, Anja
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Published: Zenodo 2017
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7555692
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Summary:Rattus culmorum apex Troughton, 1939 Rec. Aust. Mus. 20(4): 280. (31 March 1939). Common name . Pale Field Rat. Current name . Rattus tunneyi culmorum (Thomas & Dollman, 1909), following Jackson & Groves (2015). Holotype . M.3371 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. 2432], skull, study skin, collected by Robin Kemp on 3 January 1913. Received by exchange from the BMNH in 1923 (apparently not registered in BMNH collection), registered in the AM on 10 December 1923. Condition . Cranium, dentaries and study skin complete. Type locality . Specimen tag cites “Skull Creek; Cape York alt. 20 m ”. Troughton (1939) states that Skull Creek is in the extreme north-west of Cape York Peninsula, Qld. Comments . Troughton’s description appears to be based on a single specimen. Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on page 374, DOI:10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800