Small Spiny Rat
Rattus steini Rümmler, 1935
También llamadaRat de Stein (fra) · Small Spiny Rat (eng) · Stein s New Guinea Rat (eng) · Stein's New Guinea Rat (eng) · Stein's Rat (eng) · Stein-Neuguinea-Ratte (deu) · Stein’s New Guinea Rat (eng) · irianjayanrotta (fin) · krysa Steinova (ces) · szczur papuaski (pol) · Крыса Штейна (rus) · スタインクマネズミ (jpn)
Descrita por primera vez en: Z. Säugetierk. vol.10 p.115
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discussion
COMMENTS: Until Taylor et al. ' s (1982) revision, the distinctness of steini was obscured by its historical allocation as a subspecies of either leucopus, mordax, ringens, ruber, or verecundus.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Mid-montane elevations along Central Cordillera of Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea, as well as highlands along the N coast and on Huon Peninsula (see map in Taylor et al., 1982: 243).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Weyland Range, Kunupi Mt.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Stein’s New Guinea Rat is probably mostly terrestrial and mildly arboreal because it usually inhabits burrows. U-shaped burrows with two entrance holes probably belong it, and it has been caught in tree hollows.
Muridae
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