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SPECIES Rattus steini

Author:Rümmler, 1935.
Citation:Z. Säugetierk., 10: 115.
Common Name:Stein’s New Guinea Rat
Type Locality:New Guinea, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Weyland Range, Mt Kunupi.
Distribution:Mostly mid-montane elevations along Central Cordillera of the Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to C Papua New Guinea, as well as highlands along N coast and on Huon Peninsula; 20-2800 m; absent from the Vogelkop Peninsula, Trans-Fly region, and E Papua (see Taylor et al., 1982:243, and Flannery, 1995a:337).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Rattus leucopus species group. Until Taylor et al.'s (1982) revision, the distinctness of R. steini was obscured by its historical allocation at different times as a subspecies of R. leucopus, R. mordax, R. ringens (= R. leucopus), R. ruber (= R. nitidus), and Stenomys verecundus.
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Synonyms:

    baliemensis Taylor and Calaby, 1982
    försteri (Rümmler, 1935)
    hageni Troughton, 1937
    rosalinda Hinton, 1943

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