Rattus pelurus

Sody, 1941

Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat

Also as Peleng Rat · Peleng Xanthurus Rat.
1 / 1
Location:Indonesia, Central Sulawesi province, Banggai Islands regency, Peleng IslandDate taken:26 September 2025Description:Also as Peleng Rat · Peleng Xanthurus Rat.

Distribution :

Known only from Peleng Isl (Indonesia).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8123

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

Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18(2):255-325.

Original name as described

Rattus foramineus pelurus

Other common names

Peleng Rat · Peleng Xanthurus Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.9800 (= MZB 5620)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.b

Type locality

Pulau Peleng (1°23' S, 123°14' E), east of Sulawesi, Kepulauan Banggai, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003654

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 foramineus pelurus

Sody, 1941

Family

Muridae

Root name

pelurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9800 (= MZB 5620)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Poelau Peleng, E. of Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Banggai Islands: 1°23′S, 123°14′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9800.b

Authority page

308

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
Laurie & Hill (1954:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Rattus pelurus:

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Muridae

Root name

pelurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

657

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19357/115148247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Publications

Search Crossref

Fetched automatically from Crossref and not curated by the MDD team. Only works with Rattus pelurus in the title or abstract are shown.

Searching Crossref…

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.