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--> FAMILY Muridae
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--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus hoffmanni
| Author: | Matschie, 1901. | | Citation: | Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 25: 284. | | Common Name: | Hoffmann’s Sulawesi Rat | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, NE Sulawesi, Minahassa region. | | Distribution: | Sulawesi; throughout island except upper slopes of Gunung Lampobatang at the end of the SW peninsula; also on Pulau Malenge in Kepulauan Togian (Musser and Holden, 1991). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Rattus rattus species group. Morphological, chromosomal, distributional, and ecological boundaries of species elaborated by Musser and Holden (1991), who also documented taxonomic history. Stomach morphology described and contrasted with other Sulawesian endemics by Musser and Durden (2002). Closest relative of R. hoffmanni is R. mollicomulus from Gunung Lampobatang, Sulawesi. Rattus koopmani, endemic to Pulau Peleng, is also likely closely related to R. hoffmanni. Phylogenetic affinities of this cluster to other species of Rattus are unresolved. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
biformatus Sody, 1941
celebensis (Hoffmann, 1887)
linduensis Miller and Hollister, 1921
mengkoka Tate and Archbold, 1935
mollicomus Miller and Hollister, 1921
tatei Ellerman, 1941
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