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--> FAMILY Muridae
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GENUS Komodomys
| Author: | Musser and Boeadi, 1980. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 61: 397. | | Type Species: | Rattus rintjanus Sody, 1941. | | Comments: | RattusDivision. An endemic of Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Although cranial conformation is distinctive, dental morphology allies Komodomys to Papagomys, another endemic of Nusa Tenggara found only on Flores Isl (Musser, 1981c; Musser and Boeadi, 1980). Membership in a Rattus Division is supported by cranial and dental morphology (Musser and Newcomb, 1983) along with albumin immunology (Watts and Baverstock, 1994b); the albumin data ties Komodomys more closely to Sulawesian Bunomys than to Papagomys. Recent unpublished allozyme electrophoresis analysis demonstrates a close relationship between K. rintjanus and Rattus timorensis (see that account). Curiously, Pavlinov et al. (1995a) listed Komodomys, along with Papagomys in a Pithecheir Section of a more inclusive Micromys Group. |
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