Rattus jobiensis Riimmler, 1935

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 : 653

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Rattus jobiensis Riimmler, 1935 View in CoL . Z. Säugetierk., 10:116.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Pulay Yapen (Japen Isl) in Teluk Cendrawasih (Geelvinck Bay) .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, recorded only from islands of Yapen, Owi, and Biak in Geelvinck Bay (see map in Taylor et al., 1982:262).

SYNONYMS: biakensis , owiensis .

COMMENTS: Originally described as a subspecies of R. leucopus , jobiensis is a distinctive species that may be more closely related to Moluccan endemics than to native mainland New Guinea species of Rattus ( Taylor et al., 1982) .