Rattus koopmani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Rattus
Species: Rattus koopmani

Name

Rattus koopmani Musser & Holden, 1991: 389

Holotype: AMNH 109203, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Pulau Peleng” (1º231S, 123º14'E), the largest of the islands in Kepulauan Banggai, is separated from mainland Sulawesi by the deepwater Selat Peleng, Indonesia.

References

Primary references

Musser, G.G. & Holden, M.E. 1991. Sulawesi rodents (Muridae, Murinae): morphological and geographical boundaries of species in the Rattus hoffmanni Group and a new species from Pulau Peleng. pp. 322–413 in Griffiths, T.a. & Klingener, D. (eds.). Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206: 432 pp. handle Reference page.

Links

Rattus koopmani in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. 2008. IUCN: Rattus koopmani (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T19338A8855587. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19338A8855587.en

Vernacular Name

English: Koopman’s Peleng Island Rat

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