Osgood's Vietnamese Rat
Rattus osgoodi Musser & Newcomb, 1985
Also calledOsgood-Ratte (deu) · Rat d'Osgood (fra) · Rata Ventrigrís (spa) · krysa Osgoodova (ces) · szczur wietnamski (pol) · vietnaminrotta (fin) · Крыса Осгуда (rus) · オスグッドクマネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Am. Mus. Novit. vol.2814 p.18
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. A Lang Bian Plateau endemic morphologically and probably phylogenetically related to R. losea (Musser and Newcomb, 1985). Among the smallest in body size of the R. rattus species group.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Recorded only from two localities on Langbian (= Lam Vien) Plateau in the Dà Lat region of S Vietnam, 900 - 2000 m (Musser and Newcomb, 1985).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: S Vietnam, Lâm Dðng Province, Langbian Peak, 5000 ft (1524 m; see Musser and Newcomb, 1985: 18, for details).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Morphologically and probably phylogenetically related to R. losea.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439255.