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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

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”.

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.

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

English: Tawitawi Forest Rat