Halmaheramys bellwoodi Aplin et al., 2023:731
Bellwood's halmaheramys rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Muridae gen. nov. 4, sp. nov. B (Turvey, 2009:57)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: terminal Pleistocene to mid-Holocene (Flannery et al., 1998)
Distribution
Morotai Island, Indonesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Aplin, Kenneth P., Tim F. Flannery, Boeadi, Pierre-Henri Fabre, and Kristofer M. Helgen. (2023). Two new species of Halmaheramys (Murinae: Rattini) from archaeological deposits on Morotai Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia. In Contributions to Mammalogy and Zooarchaeology of Wallacea, ed. K. M. Helgen and R. K. Jones. Records of the Australian Museum 75(5): 719-739. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1785
Other references:
Flannery TF, Bellwood P, White JP, Ennis T, Irwin G, Schubert K, and Balasubramaniam S. (1998). Mammals from Holocene archaeological deposits on Gebe and Morotai Islands, northern Moluccas, Indonesia. Australian Mammalogy 20: 391-400.
Turvey, Samuel T. (2009). Holocene mammal extinctions, pp. 41-61. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.