Bunomys penitus (Miller and Hollister, 1921)

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 : 582

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scientific name	Bunomys penitus (Miller and Hollister, 1921)
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Bunomys penitus (Miller and Hollister, 1921) View in CoL . Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 34:72.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Lehio, above 6000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi; central core and SE peninsula only.

SYNONYMS: sericatus .

COMMENTS: Described as a species of Rattus , then listed as a species in the chrysocomus group of Rattus by Tate (1936) and Ellerman (1941), treated as a subspecies of Rattus adspersus by Laurie and Hill (1954), and included in Frateromys by Sody (1941). However, Bunomys penitus is distinctive in morphology and confined to montane forest formations (Musser, 1987, 1991; Musser and Dagosto, 1987; Musser and Holden, 1991; Musser and Newcomb, 1983).