Rattus blangorum

G. S. Miller, 1942

Aceh 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1942-11-13. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part V: Mammals collected by Frederick A. Ulmer, Jr. on Sumatra and Nias. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 94:107-165.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064320

Original name as described

Rattus blangorum

Type material

ANSP 20349

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Blangnanga Base Camp, 3600 feet (= 1097 m), Aceh foothills of Gunung Leuser, northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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