Rattus mordax Thomas 1904

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 : 1476

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scientific name

Rattus mordax Thomas 1904
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Rattus mordax Thomas 1904 View in CoL

Rattus mordax Thomas 1904 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14: 398.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Kumusi River (see Tate, 1951:333, for comments).

Vernacular Names: Eastern New Guinea Rat.

Synonyms: Rattus fergussoniensis Laurie 1952 .

Distribution: Papua New Guinea; Huon Peninsula and both sides of Owen Stanley Range on mainland, sea level to 2750 m ( Taylor et al., 1982; Flannery, 1995 a). Also recorded from Goodenough, Fergusson, and Normanby Isls in the D'Entrecasteaux Arch.; Woodlark Isl in the Trobriand Arch.; Misima and Sudest in the Louisiade Arch.; the Conflict Group of islands; and Sideia Isl, off the tip of E Papua (Flannery, 1995 b).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Originally described by Thomas as a species, mordax had been treated as a subspecies of either leucopus , ringens , or ruber until it was reinstated by Taylor et al. (1982). Reviewed by Flannery (1995 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Rattus

Loc

Rattus mordax Thomas 1904

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

Rattus mordax

Thomas 1904: 398
1904
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