Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945

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 : 656

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scientific name	Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945
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Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945 View in CoL . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 58:66.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Moluccas, Pulau Morotai, off N coast of Pulau Halmahera .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from Morotai Isl but probably occurs on Halmahara and nearby islands.

COMMENTS: A distinctive species probably related to native Rattus of New Guinea.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae
Genus	Rattus

Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993

1993

Rattus morotaiensis

Kellogg 1945: 66

1945

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