Bunomys andrewsi (J. A. Allen, 1911) . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 30:366.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, NE Sulawesi, Buton Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi; central core, SE peninsula, possibly lowlands of SW peninsula; limits unresolved.

SYNONYMS: adspersus, inferior.

COMMENTS: Recognized as a distinct species in the “ Rattus chrysocomus Group " by Tate (1936); placed in the " chrysocomus group " of Rattus by Ellerman (1941) then in the “ coelestis group" of Rattus by Ellerman (1949a); treated as a species in subgenus Rattus by Laurie and Hill (1954); but included in Bunomys by Musser (1981 c) and Musser and Newcomb (1983). In morphology and pelage features, B. andrewsi is most closely related to B. fratrorum of the NW peninsula and B. heinrichi in the SW arm of Sulawesi.