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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus giluwensis
| Author: | Hill, 1960. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 41: 277. | | Common Name: | Mount Giluwe Rat | | Type Locality: | NE New Guinea, Papua, Mt Giluwe, 11,000-12,000 ft (3350-3660 m). | | Distribution: | Recorded only from Mt Giluwe in Papua New Guinea and adjoining highlands, 2195-3660 m (Taylor et al., 1982). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Rattus leucopus species group. Originally described as R. ruber melanurus (Laurie and Hill, 1954:112), but the name is preoccupied by Rattus melanurus Shamel, 1940, which refers to a sample of Maxomys whiteheadi. A morphologically distinctive species whose phylogenetic affinities are equivocal (Taylor et al., 1982, 1983). |
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