Rattus morotaiensis

R. Kellogg, 1945

Moluccan Prehensile-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Rattus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kellogg, R. 1945-05-07. Two rats from Morotai Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58:65-68.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566020

Original name as described

Rattus morotaiensis

Other common names

Halmahara Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:277312

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e5f1e079-11b9-47fa-b599-a40750f78449

Type locality

"Morotai Island, Gilolo Group, Netherlands East Indies [= Indonesia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003644

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Rattus morotaiensis

R. Kellogg, 1945

Family

Muridae

Root name

morotaiensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:277312

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Morotai Island, Gilolo Group, Moluccas, Netherlands East Indies.

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Morotai.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e5f1e079-11b9-47fa-b599-a40750f78449

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566020

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Musser & Carleton (1993:656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19350/22443402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus morataiensis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

morataiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

174

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Corbet & Hill (1991:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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