Rattus koopmani

Musser & Holden, 1991

Koopman's Peleng Island 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

Musser, G.G. and Holden, M.E. 1991-09-12. Sulawesi rodents (Muridae: Murinae): morphological and geographical boundaries of species in the _Rattus hoffmanni_ group and a new species from Pulau Peleng. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 206:322-413.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/900

Original name as described

Rattus koopmani

Other common names

Koopman's Rat

Type material

AMNH M-109203

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pulau Peleng ... (1°23'S, 123°14'E), the largest of the islands in Kepulauan Banggai, is separated from mainland Sulawesi by deepwater Selat Peleng," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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