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
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Rattus feliceus
Thomas, 1920
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6:423
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Indonesia
,
Kepulauan Maluku
, Pulau Seram, Gunung Manusela,
6000 ft
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Seram Isl.
COMMENTS: An amplified description and comparison with
R.
koopmani
from Peleng Isl were provided by
Musser and Holden (1991)
, who also discussed past, and incorrect, subspecific allocations of
feliceus
to other species of
Rattus
.
Phylogenetic affinities of
R. feliceus
are with species of
Rattus
endemic to New
Guinea
region (
Musser and Holden, 1991
).