Rattus pelurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941

Holotype: RMNH.MAM.9800.a, RMNH.MAM.9800.b, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by J.J. Menden on 19 August 1938.
Type locality: “Poelau Peleng, E. of Celebes”.

Rattus foramineus pelurus Sody, 1941: 308 [Original combination, as subspecies]
Rattus pelurus: Musser & Holden, 1991: 388 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18(2): 255–325. DOI: 10.14203/treubia.v18i2.2605 Internet Archive Reference page.
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.

English: Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat