Nusa Tenggara Komodomys
Komodomys rintjanus (Sody, 1941)
Also calledKomodo-Ratte (deu) · Rat de Komodo (fra) · Ratto di Komodo (ita) · komodoszczur skalny (pol) · krysa komodská (ces) · padarinrotta (fin) · Комодская крыса (rus) · コモドネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Treubia vol.18 p.310
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Populations on Rintja and Padar are represented by modern samples, that from Flores by subfossil fragments recovered from sediments 4000 - 3000 years old (Musser, 1981 c; undescribed material studied by Musser).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Nusa Tenggara: islands of Rintja, Padar, and Flores; probably occurs on other islands in the Lesser Sunda chain (e. g., Komodo).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Pulau Rintja, Lohoboeaja.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Dental morphology tied Komodomys to Papagomys, another endemic of Nusa Tenggara found only on Flores Isl (Musser, 1981 c; Musser and Boeadi, 1980).
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 2438460.