Rattus arfakiensis

(H. Rümmler, 1935)

Vogelkop Mountain Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Rattus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rümmler, H. 1935. Neue Muriden aus Neuguinea. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 10:105-118.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367534

Original name as described

Stenomys niobe arfakiensis

Other common names

Arfak Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1929.5.27.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8fe05e34-fd3e-4f5b-a4d2-91fc71d92843

Type locality

Arfak Mountains, 2000 m, Vogelkop [= Bird's Head] Peninsula, Province of West Papua, West Papua (= Irian Jaya), north-western New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003611

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Stenomys niobe arfakiensis

(H. Rümmler, 1935)

Family

Muridae

Root name

arfakiensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1929.5.27.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8fe05e34-fd3e-4f5b-a4d2-91fc71d92843

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45367534

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Rattus niobe arfakiensis

Tate, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

arfakiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

341

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1951:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4116)

Rattus arfakiensis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

arfakiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136526/128945951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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