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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus jobiensis
| Author: | Rümmler, 1935. | | Citation: | Z. Säugetierk., 10: 116. | | Common Name: | Yapen Island Rat | | Type Locality: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Pulau Yapen in Teluk Cendrawasih (Geelvinck Bay). | | Distribution: | New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), recorded only from islands of Yapen, Owi, Supiori, and Biak in Geelvinck Bay (Flannery, 1995b:154; Taylor et al., 1982:262). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Rattus leucopus species group. Originally described as a subspecies of R. leucopus, jobiensis is a distinctive, separate species that may be more closely related to Moluccan endemics than to native mainland New Guinea species (Taylor et al., 1982). Reviewed by Flannery (1995b). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
biakensis Troughton, 1945
owiensis Troughton, 1946
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