Rattus verecundus Thomas 1904

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 : 1493

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Rattus verecundus Thomas 1904
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Rattus verecundus Thomas 1904 View in CoL

Rattus verecundus Thomas 1904 View in CoL , Novit. Zool., 11: 598.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Aroa River, Avera, 200 m.

Vernacular Names: New Guinea slender Rat.

Synonyms: Rattus mollis Rümmler 1935 ; Rattus tomba ( Laurie 1952) ; Rattus unicolor Rümmler 1935 .

Distribution: New Guinea; from the Vogelkop region in W Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to easternmost Papua New Guinea; nearly all records are from Papua New Guinea; altitudinal range, 150 to 2750 m ( Taylor et al., 1982:204, and Flannery, 1995 a:345).

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

Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Revised by Taylor et al. (1982), who recognized three subspecies: mollis , unicolor , and verecundus . Chromosomal morphology discussed by Dennis and Menzies (1978). Leary and Seri (1997) described the distribution in the Kikori River Basin in S Papua where R. verecundus occurs sympatrically with R. niobe at the upper altitudinal part of its range and Rattus leucopus at the lower end.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Rattus

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Rattus verecundus Thomas 1904

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

Rattus verecundus

Thomas 1904: 598
1904
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