Rattus losea Swinhoe 1870

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 : 1473

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Rattus losea Swinhoe 1870 View in CoL

Rattus losea Swinhoe 1870 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870: 637.

Type Locality: Taiwan.

Vernacular Names: Losea Rat.

Synonyms: Rattus exiguus Howell 1927 ; Rattus sakeratensis Gyldenstolpe 1917 .

Distribution: Taiwan (M.-J. Yu, 1996), Pescadores Isls, S China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, E Sichuan, S Shaanxi, Hainan Isl, Hong Kong; Wang, 2003), Vietnam ( Dang et al., 1994), C and S Laos (Smith et al., In Press), Thailand (excluding peninsular Thailand; J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a; Robinson et al., 1995), and S and SW Cambodia (specimens in FMNH and MNHN; A. Smith in litt., 2000); details of range reported by Musser and Newcomb (1985) and also based upon our study of other specimens not recorded in that report.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Known morphological, geographical, and altitudinal boundaries; correctly and incorrectly associated scientific names; and geographic variation reviewed by Musser and Newcomb (1985). They also suggested that R. losea is morphologically and probably phylogenetically closest to R. osgoodi from the highlands of S Vietnam and phylogenetically linked to R. argentiventer ; see also Corbet and Hill (1992:341). Chromosomal contrasts between R. losea and three other species of Rattus from S Vietnam documented by Baskevich and Kuznetsov (1998). Karyotype from Taiwanese sample described by H.- T. Yu et al. (1996), who noted that the chromosomal complement is the same as that recorded for Thai samples except for differences in the X chromosome. Additional chromosomal data summarized by Rickart and Musser (1993). Adler (1995) documented habitat use on Taiwan.

References

Adler, G. H. 1995. Habitat relations within lowland grassland rodent communities in Taiwan. Journal of Zoology, London, 237: 563 - 576.

Baskevich, M. I., and G. V. Kuznetsov. 1998. [Cytogenetic differentiation of species from the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) from the Dalat Plateau in southern Vietnam.] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 77 (11): 1321 - 1328 (in Russian with English abstract).

Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.

Dang, H. H., D. V. T. Dao, V. S. Cao, T. A. Pham, and M. K. Hoang. 1994. [Checklist of mammals in Vietnam.] Publishing House Science and Technics , Hanoi, 167 pp. (in Vietnamese).

Howell, A. B. 1927. Revision of the American lemming mice (genus Synaptomys). North American Fauna, 50: 1 - 37.

Musser, G. G., and C. Newcomb. 1985. Definitions of Indochinese Rattus losea and a new species from Vietnam. American Museum Novitates, 1814: 1 - 32.

Rickart, E. A., and G. G. Musser. 1993. Philippine rodents: Chromosomal characteristics and their significance for phylogenetic inference among 13 species (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae). American Museum Novitates, 3064: 1 - 34.

Robinson, M. F., A. L. Smith, and S. Bumrungsri. 1995. Small mammals of Thung Yai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries in western Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, 43: 27 - 54.

Wang, Y. 2003. A complete checklist of mammal species and subspecies in China. A taxonomic and geographic reference. China Forestry Publishing House, (Beijing), 394 pp.