Rattus salocco

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Southeastern Xanthurus Rat

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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, near KendariDate taken:12 September 2025

Distribution :

SE Peninsula of Sulawesi; recorded from Tanke Salokko and in lowlands at Mowewe (03o57'S/121o43'E), 300 m.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8148

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

Tate, G.H.H. and Archbold, R. 1935-05-18. Twelve apparently new forms of Rattus from the Indo-Australian Region. American Museum Novitates 802:1-10.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169860

Original name as described

Rattus salocco

Type material

AMNH M-101119

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-101119

Type locality

"Tanke Salocco, Mengkoka Range, southeastern Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], 1500 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003662

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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.

Mus xanthurus orientalis

Revilliod, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

NMB 1638, NMB 1639

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Mowewe, Südost-Celebes ... Lambuja, Südost-Celebes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Southeast Sulawesi.

Authority page

513

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9742878

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus salocco

Tate & Archbold, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

salocco

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-101119

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tanka Salocco, Mengkoka Range, southeastern Celebes; 1500 meters

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: Southeast Sulawesi.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-101119

Authority page

7

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
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 #136700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136700/22446430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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