Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How, and Maharadatunkamsi 1991 Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How, and Maharadatunkamsi 1991 , Rec. West. Aust . Mus ., 15: 557 . Type Locality: Indonesia , Nusa Tenggara , Pulau Flores , Gunung Ranakah, 1300 m , above Kampong Robo, Desa Longko, 8 km SSE Ruteng. Vernacular Names: Hainald's Flores Island Rat . Distribution: Known only from Flores Isl. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Rattus species group unresolved. Described from two specimens ( Kitchener et al., 1991 c ), and later found to be common in forest habitats (Kitchener and Yani, 1998; Kitchener et al., 1998). Phylogenetic affinities uncertain; placement in Rattus originally provisional (Kitchener et al., 1991), results from albumin immunology suggest transfer to either Bunomys or Komodomys ( Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b ) , but electrophoretic data indicate R. hainaldi to be equidistant from the Komodomys-Rattus timorensis clade of Nusa Tenggara clade and true Rattus (K. Aplin, in litt., 2004).