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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus pelurus
| Author: | Sody, 1941. | | Citation: | Treubia, 18: 308. | | Common Name: | Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Kepulauan Banggai, Pulau Peleng (1°23'S, 123°14'E), east of Sulawesi. | | Distribution: | Known only from Peleng Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Rattus xanthurus species group. Originally described by Sody as a subspecies of R. foramineus, but provisionally treated as an insular population of R. xanthurus by Musser (1984), and finally reviewed as a distinctive species by Musser and Holden (1991), who also placed it in the R. xanthurus group. Recent morphometric analyses corroborated the separation of pelurus as a different species from mainland R. xanthurus (Musser, ms). |
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