Rattus koopmani Musser & Holden, 1991:389
Peleng Island rat, Koopman's rat, Koopman’s Peleng Island rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last (and only) record: 1938 (Martin et al., 2023)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Pulau Peleng, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Musser, G. G. and Holden, M. E. (1991). Sulawesi rodents (Muridae: Murinae): Morphological and geographical boundaries of species in the Rattus hoffmanni group and a new species from Pulau Peleng. In: T. A. Griffiths and D. Klingener (eds), Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman, pp. 1-432. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.
Other references:
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Musser, G. and Ruedas, L. (2008). Rattus koopmani. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 September 2012.
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