Rattus lugens
(G. S. Miller, 1903)
Mentawai Archipelago 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. 1903-11-06. Seventy new Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Collections 45:1-73.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809920Original name as described
Mus lugens
Type material
USNM:MAMM:121533
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30be424ff-72b4-4d12-8e50-89eb6750add9Type locality
Pulau Utara Pagai (= North Pagai Island), Kepulauan Mentawai, Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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