Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold, 1935:7
Southeastern xanthurus rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 6 January 1932
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from 3 specimens (Musser et al. 2008).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Tate, G. H. H. and Archbold, Richard. (1935). Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 2: Twelve apparently new forms of Rattus from the Indoaustralia region. American Museum Novitates, No. 802.
Other references:
Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501-755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., xviii + 1206 pp.
Musser, G., Lunde, D. & Aplin, K. (2008). Rattus salocco. 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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