Rattus koopmani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Rattus koopmani Musser & Holden, 1991: 389

Holotype: AMNH 109203, adult ♀, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Pulau Peleng” (1°231S, 123°14'E), the largest of the islands in Kepulauan Banggai, is separated from mainland Sulawesi by the deepwater Selat Peleng, Indonesia.

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. hdl: 2246/900 Reference page.

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

English: Koopman’s Peleng Island Rat