Paruromys dominator (Thomas, 1921)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 638

Paruromys dominator (Thomas, 1921) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 7:244.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, N Sulawesi, Minahassa, Mt Masarang, 4000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi; throughout the island except upper slopes of Gunung Lampobatang in SW peninsula ( Musser and Holden, 1991).

SYNONYMS: frosti (see Musser, 19715).

COMMENTS: Taxonomic allocations of dominator from the time it was originally described as a species of Rattus by Thomas (1921a), through its use as type-species of subgenus Paruromys by Ellerman {in Laurie and Hill, 1954), up to its inclusion in subgenus Bullimus by Misonne (1969) were reviewed by Musser and Newcomb (1983). Sody (1941) listed dominator as a species of Taeromys. Spermatozoal morphology of dominator is unlike species of Rattus or any other species for which data from spermatozoal morphology are available ( Breed and Musser, 1991).