Eastern New Guinea Mountain Rat
Rattus niobe (Thomas, 1906)
Also calledKleine Ostneuguinea-Ratte (deu) · Rat niobé (fra) · krysa mechová (ces) · sammalrotta (fin) · szczur mszysty (pol) · クリクマネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.17 p.327
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group. Our view of R. niobe corresponds to Papuan R. n. niobe as defined by Taylor et al. (1982). They recognized Central Cordillera populations in Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) and a population in the Arfak Mtns of the Vogelkop Peninsula as R. n. arrogans, which we divided into R. arrogans, R. pococki, and R. arfakiensis (see those accounts). Chromosomal morphology presented by Dennis and Menzies (1978). Phallic anatomy described by Lidicker (1968). See account of R. arrogans.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Montane habitat in Papua New Guinea: " from the southeastern extremity of New Guinea northward and westward to 141 EE longitude; also in the Saruwaged Mountains of the Huon Peninsula " (Taylor et al., 1982: 193), 762 - 4000 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Angabunga River, Owgarra, 2750 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., Angabunga River, Owgarra.
Order Rodentia (Part 5)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264915.