Rattus unicolor

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 unicolor

Name

• Rattus unicolor (Rümmler, 1935)

Holotype: ZMB 45678, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Kunupi [Mt.], Weylandgebirge [=Weyland Mountains], [Province of Papua, Indonesia,] 1400/1800 m.”

Combinations

• Stenomys verucundus unicolor Rümmler, 1935: 117 [original combination]
• Rattus verecundus unicolor: Ellerman, 1941: 205 [name combination]
• Rattus unicolor: Helgen, 2007 [name combination, elevate to species]

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. British Museum: London. xii + 690 pp.
• Helgen, K.M. 2007. A taxonomic and geographic overview of the mammal fauna of Papua. pp. 689–749 in Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Ecology of Indonesia. Part One. Periplus Editions: Singapore. 784 pp. ISBN 9781462906796 Reference page.