Southeastern xanthurus rat
Appearance
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Order: | Rodentia (Small)
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Family: | Muridae (Mouse-likes)
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Rattus salocco is a rodent of the genus rattus. This species is known only from the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, 300 and 1500 m altitude. This animal belongs to the Rattus xanthurus group, which may be a separate sex. Although this species is usually considered a subspecies of rattus xanthurus, in 2005 a still unpublished article showing that R. salocco a separate species, most related to R. marmosurus .[1]
Notes
- ^ Mammal Species of the World. John Hopkin University Press.
References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136700
- Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed)