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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus stoicus
| Author: | Miller, 1902. | | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 759. | | Common Name: | Andaman Archipelago Rat | | Type Locality: | India, Andaman Isls, Henry Lawrence Isl. | | Distribution: | Islands of Henry Lawrence, Little Andaman, and South Andaman in the Andaman Arch. (Musser and Newcomb, 1983). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Rattus rattus species group. Despite past confusion with Sundamys muelleri, R. stoicus is defined by a unique set of derived and primitive features and is endemic to the Andaman Isls (Musser and Heaney, 1985; Musser and Newcomb, 1983). Its closest phylogenetic ally within the R. rattus species complex has yet to be determined (Musser, 1986). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
rogersi (Thomas, 1907)
taciturnus (Miller, 1902)
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