Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Rattus enganus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Rattus enganus
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:
Rattus enganus
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:
Rattus enganus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1992-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: a Systematic Review
Page(s):
488
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-19-854693-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Rattus enganus
Rattus enganus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Rattus enganus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Critically Endangered
Comment:
Comments: Rattus species group unresolved. Represented only by the holotype. Some cranial, dental, and external features resemble those in R. macleari from Christmas Isl and R. xanthurus from Sulawesi, but the holotype of R. enganus is morphologically distinctive; determining its phylogenetic affinities within Rattus will require more specimens from Pulau Enggano and revisionary study of the genus (Musser and Newcomb, 1983). In addition to R. enganus and R. adustus, there is a single specimen of R. t...