Rattus ombirah
P.-H. Fabre, Portela Miguez, Holden, Y. S. Fitriana, Semiadi, Musser, & K. M. Helgen, 2024
Obi 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. 2024-05-15. A replacement name for the endemic Rattus (Muridae, Mammalia) of the island of Obi, Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 76(2):131-132.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.76.2024.1899Original name as described
Rattus ombirah
Type material
MZB 38231
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"the southwest of the island of Obi (North Maluku Province, Indonesia), is on Gunung Sere above the villages of Tapaya and Wayaloar. The holotype was collected along a ridge at 970 m asl, near a campsite at 1.624°S 127.709°E, 870 m asl."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
recently described; this species was original described under the name obiensis in 2023, but this is preoccupied by Rattus rattus obiensis Sody, 1941, and the name ombirah was proposed as a replacement name for the species in 2024
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. · Fabre, P. H., Miguez, R. P., Holden, M. E., Fitriana, Y. S., Semiadi, G., Musser, G. G., & Helgen, K. M. (2023). A replacement name for the endemic Rattus of Obi. Records of the Australian Museum, 76(2), 131-132.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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