|
HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Rattus
SPECIES Rattus osgoodi
| Author: | Musser and Newcomb, 1985. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 2814: 18. | | Common Name: | Osgood’s Vietnamese Rat | | Type Locality: | S Vietnam, Lâm Dðng Province, Langbian Peak, 5000 ft (1524 m; see Musser and Newcomb, 1985:18, for details). | | Distribution: | Recorded only from two localities on Langbian (= Lam Vien) Plateau in the Dà Lat region of S Vietnam, 900-2000 m (Musser and Newcomb, 1985). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Rattus rattus species group. A Lang Bian Plateau endemic morphologically and probably phylogenetically related to R. losea (Musser and Newcomb, 1985). Among the smallest in body size of the R. rattus species group. |
|
| |
|
|
