Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941:308
Peleng (Island xanthurus) rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Rattus foramineus pelurus Sody, 1941:308
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1938 (Martin et al., 2023)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Only known from the type series collected in 1938 (Musser & Aplin, 2008).
Distribution
Peleng Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the type series collected in 1938 (Musser & Aplin, 2008).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sody, H. J. V. (1941). On a collection of rats from the Indo- Malayan and Indo- Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18: 255-325.
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. G. 1984. Identities of subfossil rats from caves in southwestern Sulawesi. Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia, 8:61-94.
Musser, G. & Aplin, K. (2008). Rattus pelurus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 September 2012.
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. Pp. 322-413, in Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman (T. A. Griffiths and D. Klingener, eds.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 206: 1-432.
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