Rattus palmarum (Zelebor, 1869) . Reise Oesterr. Fregatte Novara. Zool., (Wirbelthiere), Säugeth., p. 26.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar (Dr. K. Bauer, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, in litt.) .

DISTRIBUTION: Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar.

SYNONYMS: novarae, palmarum .

COMMENTS: Known only by the few specimens in the original series. A distinctive species (Musser and Heaney, 1985; Musser and Newcomb, 1983) that may be related to the R. tiomanicus complex (Musser, 1986) . Both synonyms are Fitzinger names dating from 1861 and are nomina nuda (see Miller, 1902:759).