Rattus halmaheraensis
P.-H. Fabre, Portela Miguez, Holden, Y. S. Fitriana, Semiadi, Musser, & K. M. Helgen, 2023
Halmahera 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
Authority citation
Fabre, P.-H., Portela Miguez, R., Holden, M.E., Fitriana, Y.S., Semiadi, G., Musser, G.G. and Helgen, K.M. 2023-12-13. Review of Moluccan Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) with description of four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 75(5):673-718.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1783Original name as described
Rattus halmaheraensis
Type material
AM M.23652
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"the northwest of the island of Halmahera Island (North Maluku Province, Indonesia), close to Goal locality (1.2115°N 127.56007°E)."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Fabre, P. H., Miguez, R. P., Holden, M. E., Fitriana, Y. S., Semiadi, G., Musser, G. G., & Helgen, K. M. (2023). Review of Moluccan Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) with description of four new species. Contributions to Mammalogy and Zooarchaeology of Wallacea, 673-718.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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