Rattus ombirah

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
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Rattus
Species: Rattus ombirah

Name

Rattus ombirah Fabre, Miguez, Holden, Fitriana, Semiadi, Musser & Helgen, 2024: 132 (nomen novum)

• Holotype: MZB 38231, juvenile ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by P.-H. Fabre on 27 November 2013.
• Type locality: “in the southwest of the island of Obi (North Maluku Province, Indonesia), is on Gunung Sere above the villages of Tapaya and Wayaloar. The holotype was collected along a ridge at 970 m asl, near a campsite at 1.624°S 127.709°E, 870 m asl”.

Synonyms

• Rattus obiensis Fabre, Miguez, Holden, Fitriana, Semiadi, Musser & Helgen, 2023: 700 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Rattus rattus obiensis Sody, 1941]

References

Primary references

• Fabre, P.-H., Miguez, R.P., Holden, M.E., Fitriana, Y.S., Semiadi, G., Musser, G.G. & Helgen, K.M. 2023. Review of Moluccan Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) with description of four new species. Records of the Australian Museum 75(5): 673–718. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1783 Reference page. 
• Fabre, P.-H., Miguez, R.P., Holden, M.E., Fitriana, Y.S., Semiadi, G., Musser, G.G. & Helgen, K.M. 2024. A replacement name for the endemic Rattus (Muridae, Mammalia) of the island of Obi, Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 76(2): 131–132. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.76.2024.1899 Reference page.