Rattus richardsoni Tate 1949

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1487

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Rattus richardsoni Tate 1949
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Rattus richardsoni Tate 1949 View in CoL

Rattus richardsoni Tate 1949 View in CoL , Am. Mus . Novit., 1421: 1.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), northern slopes of Snow Mtns (Pegunungan Maoke), near Lake Habbema, 3225 m.

Vernacular Names: Richardson's New Guinea Mountain Rat.

Distribution: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya); recorded from three areas high in the Snow Mtns: Lake Habbema region, Mt Wilhelmina, and Mt Jaya (Carstensz Range), 3225-4500 m (Flannery, 1995 a; Taylor et al., 1982).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Stenomys richardsoni .

Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Described as an unusual and distinctive member of Rattus , but later provisionally associated with a " niobe group" ( Tate, 1951), a relationship supported by multivariate analyses of morphometric variables ( Taylor et al., 1982). Most specimens are from tussock grassland and tundra-like habitat (mainly rock or gravel interspersed with mats of herbs and grass tufts), regions that are cold and wet throughout the year (Flannery, 1995 a; Taylor et al., 1982). Taylor et al. (1982) included omichlodes , but Flannery (1995 a) correctly removed it from synonymy (see that account).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Rattus

Loc

Rattus richardsoni Tate 1949

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Rattus richardsoni

Tate 1949: 1
1949
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