Rattus steini

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Rattus
Species: Rattus steini

Name

Rattus steini Rümmler, 1935

• Holotype: ZMB 45676, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “Kunupi [Mt.], Weylandgebirge [=Weyland Mountains], [Province of Papua, Indonesia,] 1400/1800 m.”

Combinations

• Rattus leucopus steini Rümmler, 1935: 115 [original combination]
• Stenomys leucopus steini: Rümmler, 1938: 189 [name combination]
• Rattus ringens steini: Ellerman, 1949: 69 [name combination]
• Rattus ruber steini: Tate, 1951: 332 [name combination]
• Rattus steini: Taylor, Calaby & Van Deusen, 1982: 243 [name combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

• Rattus steini baliemensis Taylor & Calaby, 1982: 253
  • Holotype: AMNH 110283, adult ♀, skin and skull.
  • Type locality: “Baliem River, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 1600 m.”

References

Primary references

• Rümmler, H. 1935. Neue Muriden aus Neuguinea. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 10: 105–118. BHL Reference page. 
• Rümmler, H. 1938. Die Systematik und Verbreitung der Muriden Neuguineas. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum in Berlin 23: 1–297. Reference page. 
• Ellerman, J.R. 1949. The families and genera of living rodents. vol. 3, pt. 1. British Museum: London. 193 pp.
• Tate, G.H.H. 1951. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 65. The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 183–430.
• Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Van Deusen, H.M. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173: 177–336. hdl: 2246/571 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Helgen, K.M. 2007. A taxonomic and geographic overview of the mammal fauna of Papua. pp. 689–749 in Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Ecology of Indonesia. Part One. Periplus Editions: Singapore. 784 pp. ISBN 9781462906796 Reference page. 

Links

• Aplin, K. 2016. IUCN: Rattus steini  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19364A22445902. 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19364A22445902.en

Vernacular names

English: Stein’s New Guinea Rat