Results of the Archbold Expeditions No. 107 A new genus of arboreal rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines

Title Variants

Alternative: Luzon Island rat

Alternative: New genus of arboreal rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2730

By

Musser, Guy G.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1982

Notes

Title from caption.

"June 7, 1982."

"The taxon latidens Sanborn, 1952, originally named and described as a species of Rattus, is taken out of that genus and placed in Abditomys, new genus. Some of its distinctive features, such as nails instead of claws on the halluces, wide upper incisors, and large molars with simple and laminar-like occlusal surfaces are not characteristic of Rattus. The species is known by two specimens from the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The relationship of latidens to other Murinae with nails on the halluces is discussed. Aspects of its natural history are presented"--P. [1].

Subjects

Abditomys latidens , Classification , Luzon , Mammals , Philippines , Rats

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2730, 1982

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 8523651