Rattus pococki

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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia 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 pococki

Name

Rattus pococki Ellerman, 1941

• Holotype: ZMB 45679, adult ♀, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “[Mt.] Sumuri, Weylandgebirge [=Weyland Range], [Province of Papua, Indonesia,] 2500 m.”

Combinations

• Rattus niobe pococki Ellerman, 1941: 206 [nomen novum, original combination, as subspecies]
• Rattus pococki: Musser & Carleton, 2005: 1482 [name combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

• Stenomys niobe clarae Rümmler, 1935: 118 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Rattus vociferans clarae Miller, 1913]

References

Primary references

• Rümmler, H. 1935. Neue Muriden aus Neuguinea. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 10: 105–118. BHL Reference page. 
• Ellerman, J.R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Volume 2. Family Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. xii + 690 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Aplin, K. 2016. IUCN: Rattus pococki  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136632A22440169. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136632A22440169.en

Vernacular names

English: Pocock’s New Guinea Highland Rat