Rattus tawitawiensis

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 tawitawiensis

Name

Rattus tawitawiensis Musser & Heaney, 1985: 5

• Holotype: DMNH 3525, adult ♀, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “Batu Batu on the southern half of Tawitawi Island, part of the Tawitawi Island Group in the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines”.

References

Primary references

• Musser, G.G. & Heaney, L.R. 1985. Philippine Rattus: a new species from the Sulu Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 2818: 1–32. hdl: 2246/5226 Reference page. 

Links

• Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. 2016. IUCN: Rattus tawitawiensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19319A22444649. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19319A22444649.en

Vernacular names

English: Tawitawi Forest Rat