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 blangorum
Rattus blangorum: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Rattus blangorum: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Rattus rattus species group. Still represented only by the holotype and another specimen (ANSP 20348, 20349). Originally described as a species (Miller, 1942), but later included in R. tiomanicus (Musser and Califia, 1982; Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Recent multivariate analyses employing morphometric traits of Sundaic samples of the R. tiomanicus complex indicate blangorum to be distinct from all other insular samples in that assemblage, which is partly a reflection ...