Zoogeographical significance of the ricefield rat, Rattus argentiventer, on Celebes and New Guinea and the identity of Rattus pesticulus

Title Variants

Alternative: Identity of Rattus pesticulus

Alternative: Ricefield rat

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2511

By

Musser, Guy G.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1973]

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 20, 1973."

"In the present report I document the identity of Rattus pesticulus, a taxon named and described by Oldfield Thomas (1921) from one specimen obtained in northeastern Celebes, with the ricefield rat, R. argentiventer. The ricefield rat lives in grasslands and fields of rice and has a spotty geographic distribution that extends from the mainland of Southeast Asia to the Philippines and New Guinea. I also list and discuss the scientific names that apply to R. argentiventer and point out the zoogeographic significance of its occurrence on Celebes and New Guinea"--P. [1].

Subjects

Classification , Geographical distribution , Indonesia , Mammals , New Guinea , Rats , Rattus argentiventer , Rattus pesticulus , Riceland animals , Sulawesi

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2511, 1973

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 45671788