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Vogelkop Mountain Rat
Rattus arfakiensis Rümmler, 1935
Also calledRat des Arfak (fra) · Vogelkop-Ratte (deu) · szczur iriański (pol) · جرذ أرفاكي (ara) · جرذ جبل فوجلكوب (ara) · フォーゲルコップクマネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Z. Säugetierk. vol.10 p.118
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Rattus leucopus species group; member of the R. niobe complex. Usually associated with R. niobe as a subspecies (Laurie and Hill, 1954; Tate, 1951) or one of the synonyms of R. niobe arrogans (Taylor et al., 1982). Its brown upperparts and long incisive foramina do not fit neatly into either R. niobe, R. pococki, or R. arrogans. We provisionally recognize arfakiensis as a species until a fresh assessment is made of individual and geographic variation among samples of the R. niobe complex. A larger series of arfakiensis is required for study to determine its relationship to populations of this complex in the Central Cordillera of Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya) and Papua New Guinea.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Recorded only by the holotype from the Arfak Mtns.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: New Guinea, NW Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Vogelkop Peninsula, Arfak Mtns, 2000 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264916.