Rattus pococki Ellerman 1941

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 : 1482

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Rattus pococki Ellerman 1941
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Rattus pococki Ellerman 1941 View in CoL

Rattus pococki Ellerman 1941 View in CoL , Families and Genera of Living Rodents, Vol. 2: 206.

Type Locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Sumuri, 2500 m.

Vernacular Names: Pocock's New Guinea Highland Rat.

Synonyms: Rattus clarae Rümmler 1935 .

Distribution: New Guinea, middle altitudes along Central Cordillera of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), 1500-2500 m.

Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group; member of the R. niobe complex. Rattus pococki is replaced at higher elevations in the Central Cordillera (Pegunungan Maoke) of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) by R. arrogans (see that account). Relationship to R. niobe of Papua New Guinea remains to be determined.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Rattus

Loc

Rattus pococki Ellerman 1941

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

Rattus pococki

Ellerman 1941: 206
1941
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