Rattus elaphinus Sody, 1941 . Treubia, 18:307.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Sula, Pulau Taliabu (east of Pulau Peleng and Sulawesi) .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Palau (Isl) Taliabu, Indonesia (Musser and Holden, 1991) and adjacent Pulau Manggole (Flannery, in litt.).

COMMENTS: A morphologically distinctive species that is most closely related to native Rattus on the Moluccas and New Guinea. Amplified description and comparisons with Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and R. koopmani from Peleng Isl provided by Musser and Holden (1991).