Rattus vandeuseni
J. M. Taylor & Calaby in J. M. Taylor, Calaby, & Van Deusen, 1982
Van Deusen's New Guinea Mountain 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
Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. and Van Deusen, H.M. 1982-07-30. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173:177-336.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/571Original name as described
Rattus verecundus vandeuseni
Other common names
Van Deusen's Rat
Type material
AMNH M-157905
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Middle Camp, 1540 m, northern slope of Mt. Dayman, Maneau Range, 1540 m," Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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