Rattus arfakiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Rattus
Species: Rattus arfakiensis

Rattus arfakiensis (Rümmler, 1935)

Holotype: BMNH 29.5.27.36, adult ♀, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Arfak Gebirge [=Mountains,] [Vogelkop Peninsula, Province of Papua, Indonesia], 2000 m.”

Stenomys niobe arfakiensis Rümmler, 1935: 118 [original combination]
Rattus niobe arfakiensis: Ellerman, 1941: 206 [name combination]
Rattus arfakiensis: Musser & Carleton, 2005: 1465 [name combination, elevate to species]

Rümmler, H. 1935. Neue Muriden aus Neuguinea. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 10: 105–118. BHL Reference page.
Ellerman, J.R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Volume 2. British Museum: London. xii + 690 pp.
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.

Leary, T. & Wright, D. 2016. IUCN: Rattus arfakiensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136526A22443907. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136526A22443907.en

English: Vogelkop Mountain Rat