Rattus simalurensis Miller 1903

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 : 1488

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Rattus simalurensis Miller 1903
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Rattus simalurensis Miller 1903 View in CoL

Rattus simalurensis Miller 1903 View in CoL , Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus ., 26: 458.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Pulau Simeulue (Simalur).

Vernacular Names: Simalur Archipelago Rat.

Synonyms: Rattus babi Lyon 1916 ; Rattus lasiae Lyon 1916 .

Distribution: Simalur Isl and nearby islands of Siumat, Lasia, and Babi.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. The form simalurensis and its two synonyms were each listed as a separate subspecies of R. rattus by Chasen (1940), but simalurensis is distinct from R. rattus and in morphology represents larger-bodied island variants of R. tiomanicus (Musser, 1986; Musser and Califia, 1982; Musser and Heaney, 1985); simalurensis , babi , and lasiae were included in R. tiomanicus by Corbet and Hill (1992). Whether populations on the Simalur islands are distinct species or insular representatives of R. tiomanicus that occur off the margin of the continental shelf will have to be determined by systematic revision of the R. tiomanicus complex. Recent morphometric analyses indicate R. simalurensis to be more closely tied to R. burrus (Nicobar Isls), R. lugens (Mentawai Arch.) , and R. adustus (Pulau Enggano) than to R. tiomanicus (Musser, ms).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Rattus

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Rattus simalurensis Miller 1903

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

Rattus simalurensis

Miller 1903: 458
1903
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