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SPECIES Maxomys wattsi

Author:Musser, 1991.
Citation:Am. Mus. Novit., 3001: 20.
Common Name:Watts’s Sulawesi Maxomys
Type Locality:Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Tambusisi, Tambusisi Damar, 4700 ft (1432 m).
Distribution:Known only from 4700-6000 ft (1432-1830 m) on Gunung Tambusisi, C Sulawesi.
Status:IUCN – Endangered.
Comments:A distinctive species that is morphologically isolated from all other Sulawesian Maxomys except possibly M. musschenbroekii; assessing its phylogenetic relations to other species in the genus will require systematic revision of Maxomys (Musser, 1991).
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