Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991

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 : 1472

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scientific name

Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991
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Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991 View in CoL

Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 206: 389.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), which is separated from mainland Sulawesi by deepwater Selat Peleng. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Koopman's Peleng Island Rat.

Distribution: Known only from Peleng Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Represented only by the holotype. In many characters, R. koopmani resembles the Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and bears the same degree of relationship to that species as the Peleng R. pelurus does to mainland R. xanthurus . More specimens are needed to assess morphological variation and better estimate phylogenetic affinity ( Musser and Holden, 1991). Occurs with R. pelurus , a member of the R. xanthurus group; no other species of Rattus have been found on Pulau Peleng, but past biological surveys have been limited.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Rattus

Loc

Rattus koopmani Musser and Holden 1991

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

Rattus koopmani

Musser and Holden 1991: 389
1991
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