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/2246/900Original 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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