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SPECIES Rattus verecundus

Author:Thomas, 1904.
Citation:Novit. Zool., 11: 598.
Common Name:New Guinea slender Rat
Type Locality:Papua New Guinea, Central Province, Aroa River, Avera, 200 m.
Distribution:New Guinea; from the Vogelkop region in W Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) to easternmost Papua New Guinea; nearly all records are from Papua New Guinea; altitudinal range, 150 to 2750 m (Taylor et al., 1982:204, and Flannery, 1995a:345).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Stenomys verecundus.
Comments:Rattus leucopus species group. Revised by Taylor et al. (1982), who recognized three subspecies: mollis, unicolor, and verecundus. Chromosomal morphology discussed by Dennis and Menzies (1978). Leary and Seri (1997) described the distribution in the Kikori River Basin in S Papua where R. verecundus occurs sympatrically with R. niobe at the upper altitudinal part of its range and Rattus leucopus at the lower end.
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Synonyms:

    mollis Rümmler, 1935
    tomba (Laurie, 1952)
    unicolor Rümmler, 1935

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