Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Komodomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Komodomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Komodomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Komodomys
Komodomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Komodomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Rattus Division. An endemic of Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Although cranial conformation is distinctive, dental morphology allies Komodomys to Papagomys, another endemic of Nusa Tenggara found only on Flores Isl (Musser, 1981c; Musser and Boeadi, 1980). Membership in a Rattus Division is supported by cranial and dental morphology (Musser and Newcomb, 1983) along with albumin immunology (Watts and Baverstock, 1994b); the albumin data ties Komodomys more closely to Sulawesian Bunomys than to Pa...