Sundaic Rattus : definitions of Rattus baluensis and Rattus korinchi

Title Variants

Alternative: Definitions of Rattus baluensis and Rattus korinchi

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2862

By

Musser, Guy G.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1986

Notes

Title from caption.

"October 31, 1986."

"Among the 14 genera and 41 species of murid rodents that are native to the peninsula and islands on the Sunda Shelf are five species of Rattus. Two of these, R. baluensis from Gunung Kinabalu in Sabah and R. korinchi from the mountains of central Sumatra, were regarded as isolated mountain populations of one species. Restudy of specimens in museum collections indicates the Bornean population to be a species closely related to the widespread Sundaic R. tiomanicus, which is a relative of R. rattus and other species native to continental Asia and India. Morphological characteristics of R. korinchi are unlike any other species of Rattus. These endemic Bornean and Sumatran Rattus are contrasted and defined"--P. [1].

Subjects

Classification , Greater Sunda Islands , Mammals , Rattus , Rattus baluensis , Rattus korinchi , Rodents

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2862, 1986

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 15730907