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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus korinchi
| Author: | Robinson and Kloss, 1916. | | Citation: | J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiatic Soc., 73: 275. | | Common Name: | Sumatran Mountain Rat | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, W Sumatra, Propinsi Jambi, Gunung Kerinci, Sungai Kring, 7300 ft (2225 m). | | Distribution: | Recorded only from Gunung Kerinci and Gunung Talakmau in W Sumatra (Musser, 1986:4). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Rattusspecies group unresolved. Revised by Musser (1986). Represented by very few specimens, and morphologically unlike any other described species of Rattus. Member of the cluster of murine species endemic to Sumatra (Musser, 1986; see also account of Maxomys hylomyoides). |
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