Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941 . Treubia, 18:308.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), east of Sulawesi .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Peleng Isl.

COMMENTS: Originally described by Sody as a subspecies of R. foramineus, but provisionally treated as an insular population of R. xanthurus by Musser (1984), and finally reviewed as a distinctive species by Musser and Holden (1991), who also placed it in the R. xanthurus group.