Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How, and Maharadatunkamsi 1991
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Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How, and Maharadatunkamsi 1991
Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How, and Maharadatunkamsi 1991 , Rec. West. Aust. Mus ., 15: 557.
Type Locality: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Pulau Flores, Gunung Ranakah, 1300 m , above Kampong Robo, Desa Longko, 8 km SSE Ruteng.
Vernacular Names: Hainald's Flores Island Rat.
Distribution: Known only from Flores Isl.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion: Rattus species group unresolved. Described from two specimens ( Kitchener et al., 1991 c), and later found to be common in forest habitats (Kitchener and Yani, 1998; Kitchener et al., 1998). Phylogenetic affinities uncertain; placement in Rattus originally provisional (Kitchener et al., 1991), results from albumin immunology suggest transfer to either Bunomys or Komodomys ( Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b) , but electrophoretic data indicate R. hainaldi to be equidistant from the Komodomys-Rattus timorensis clade of Nusa Tenggara clade and true Rattus (K. Aplin, in litt., 2004).
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