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 korinchi
Robinson and Kloss 1916
Rattus korinchi
Robinson and Kloss 1916
,
J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 73: 275
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
, W
Sumatra
, Propinsi
Jambi
,
Gunung Kerinci, Sungai Kring
,
7300 ft
(
2225 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Sumatran Mountain Rat
.
Distribution:
Recorded only from
Gunung Kerinci and Gunung Talakmau
in W
Sumatra
(Musser, 1986:4).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Rattus
species
group unresolved. Revised by Musser (1986). Represented by very few specimens, and morphologically unlike any other described species of
Rattus
. Member of the cluster of murine species endemic to
Sumatra
(Musser, 1986; see also account of
Maxomys hylomyoides
).