Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Rattus koopmani
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Rattus koopmani
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 koopmani
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 koopmani
Rattus koopmani: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Rattus koopmani: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt)
Comment:
Comments: Rattus rattus species group. Represented only by the holotype. In many characters, R. koopmani resembles the Sulawesian R. hoffmanni and bears the same degree of relationship to that species as the Peleng R. pelurus does to mainland R. xanthurus. More specimens are needed to assess morphological variation and better estimate phylogenetic affinity (Musser and Holden, 1991). Occurs with R. pelurus, a member of the R. xanthurus group; no other species of Rattus have been found on Pulau Peleng,...