Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Rattus morotaiensis
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Rattus morotaiensis
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 morotaiensis
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 morotaiensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flannery, Timothy F.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1995-01-01 / 1995-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands
Page(s):
464
Publisher:
Cornell University Press
Publication Place:
Ithaca, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8014-3150-6/
Notes:
Reference for:
Rattus morotaiensis
Rattus morotaiensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Rattus morotaiensis: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Rattus species-group unresolved. Arboreal, and the only recorded murine endemic to the Halmahara Isls. Kellogg (1945) regarded R. morotaiensis to be more closely related to the New Guinea species ('R. ringens group') than to Sundaic species ('Rattus rajah group'), but morphology of the Halmahara rat indicates otherwise (K. Aplin, in litt., 2004). It is characterized by a suite of distinctive external traits (very spiny fur, long slightly tufted tail), cranial conformation, and molar structu...