Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Rattus palmarum (Zelebor, 1869) . Reise Oesterr. Fregatte Novara. Zool., (Wirbelthiere), Säugeth., p. 26 . TYPE LOCALITY: India , Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar (Dr. K. Bauer, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, in litt.) . DISTRIBUTION: Nicobar Isis, probably Carr Nicobar. SYNONYMS: novarae , palmarum . COMMENTS: Known only by the few specimens in the original series. A distinctive species (Musser and Heaney, 1985; Musser and Newcomb, 1983 ) that may be related to the R. tiomanicus complex (Musser, 1986) . Both synonyms are Fitzinger names dating from 1861 and are nomina nuda (see Miller, 1902:759 ).