Rattus detentus
Timm, Weijola, K. P. Aplin, Flannery, & Pine in Timm, Weijola, K. P. Aplin, Donnellan, Flannery, V. Thomson, & Pine, 2016
Manus Island Spiny 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
Authority citation
Timm, R.M., Weijola, V., Aplin, K.P., Donnellan, S.C., Flannery, T.F., Thomson, V. and Pine, R.H. 2016-04-12. A new species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3):861-878.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw034Original name as described
Rattus detentus
Other common names
Admiralties Rat
Type material
PNGM 274363 (= AM M.45608)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"a small stream near western end of Kawaliap Village, el. 200 m (2°6'40"S, 147°3'40"E), Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Timm, R.M., Weijola, V., Aplin, K.P., Donnellan, S.C., Flannery, T.F., Thomson, V., Pine, R.H. 2016. A new species of Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island Papua New Guinea. Journal of Mammalogy 97 (3): 861-878.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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