Sommer's Sulawesi Rat
Sommeromys macrorhinos Musser & Durden, 2002
Also calledRat de Sommer (fra) · Sommer-Sulawesi-Langnasenratte (deu) · myszaczek wielkonosy (pol) · Зоммерова мышь (rus) · スラウェシナガレネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Am. Mus. Novit. vol.3368 p.7
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Gracile, insectivorous, nocturnal, scansorial, and arboreal. The species is unique among murines in morphology of its highly specialized rostral region, tail, feet and digits (Musser and Durden, 2002). Member of montane forest species known only from mountainous C Sulawesi (Musser and Durden, 2002; Musser and Holden, 1991).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Recorded only from tropical upper montane rain forest at the type locality.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Tokala, 02 E 13 ' S / 120 E 04 ' E, 2400 m (see Musser and Durden, 2002: 7, for additional information).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Sommer’s Sulawesi Rat is nocturnal and probably terrestrial, scansorial, and arboreal.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264859.