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<treatment id="3BB6844EC5ACD3F611C65718DC59EDAF" ID-GBIF-Taxon="231540045" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3BB6844EC5ACD3F611C65718DC59EDAF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3BB6844EC5ACD3F611C65718DC59EDAF" lastPageNumber="1474" pageNumber="1474" sourceUrl="http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001756">
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<taxonomicName id="72499E9158B44A218EEE468836968445" ID-CoL="4RM5J" authority="Thomas 1887" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1474" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="31347E5DA746AFC76FD81796F75CB894" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus macleari</emphasis>
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Thomas 1887
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<treatmentCitation id="2F52902F8D374450EF2D5FA20F775961" author="Thomas" authority="Thomas 1887" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="513" pageNumber="1474" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari" title="Rattus macleari" volume="1887" year="1887">
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<taxonomicName id="3DF2435B2F1A4973ED22755D1FEAE373" ID-CoL="4RM5J" authority="Thomas 1887" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1474" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="70DD5C299930BB1C4B081971B6C98A9B" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus macleari</emphasis>
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Thomas 1887
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,
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<bibCitation id="8C800E8888584686F497EDD7F71E5638" author="Thomas" journal="Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond." pageNumber="1474" pagination="513" title="Rattus macleari" volume="1887" year="1887">Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887: 513</bibCitation>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection id="42162BF30812124662A895B23435063E" pageNumber="1474" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="0D4849C84962A84C2CFF2D38F8CF533C" pageNumber="1474">
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<emphasis id="09AC7B4E4A1C300407D6F7459A10DBE4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1474">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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Christmas Isl (
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<collectingCountry id="ABFF9B1451EF4406ADC1D6B307D8BDA5" name="Australia">Australia</collectingCountry>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="4B49DEDE900F26E0DBE0DB17E1C169AC" pageNumber="1474" type="vernacular_names">
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<paragraph id="B7A3373AB1AE009FCA74387F2B75EA4D" pageNumber="1474">
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<emphasis id="B780153F90D53639E7C09F82CAC85102" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1474">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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<vernacularName id="9D014093071FB25FDBF97A27FC72D4C9" language="eng" pageNumber="1474">
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Maclear's
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<collectingCountry id="CFC98E168D689F2FA79776B89DDED2B4" name="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</collectingCountry>
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Rat
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</vernacularName>
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.
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<emphasis id="38E56109676368B19AB8F941E79335CB" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1474">Distribution:</emphasis>
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Endemic to Christmas Isl,
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south of
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<collectingRegion id="18F6A439048B89E9A1C23A02B1D1BC10" country="Indonesia" name="Jawa Timur">Java</collectingRegion>
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in the Indian Ocean; thought to be extinct by 1908 (
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<bibRefCitation id="92D3CE934C0AAECAECA0D64E6C2301D9" author="Andrews, C. W." refId="ref10295" refString="Andrews, C. W. 1909. An account of Andrews' visit to Christmas Island in 1908. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1909: 101 - 103." year="1909">Andrews, 1909</bibRefCitation>
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) and now considered extirpated (
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<bibRefCitation id="FFB4B4DB2347E6E949456EFD765DCBA9" author="Flannery, T. F." refId="ref103177" refString="Flannery, T. F. 1990 c. The rats of Christmas past. Australian Natural History, 23: 394 - 400." year="1990">
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Flannery, 1990
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<emphasis id="168AE94C43F65C70ED56C36AD1A8E0EB" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">c</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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), with time of extinction between 1901 and 1904 (
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<bibRefCitation id="A47CC074F1A296B88D8D54C7FA16FDF9" author="Pickering, J. & C. A. Norris" refId="ref285875" refString="Pickering, J., and C. A. Norris. 1996. New evidence concerning the extinction of the endemic murid Rattus macleari from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Australian Mammalogy, 19: 19 - 25." year="1996">Pickering and Norris, 1996</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="10C09AC59119B66D089F2D8C741F8289" pageNumber="1474" type="conservation">
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<paragraph id="D402E9236A874632F79BBF711FD636A6" pageNumber="1474">
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<emphasis id="E743ADD67904046E2CE5398429A14F57" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1474">Conservation:</emphasis>
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<collectionCode id="5C338412CDA8696194BB963F68B7523A">IUCN</collectionCode>
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– Extinct.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="EDC82D700FE651344B11330CBCA2B00D" pageNumber="1474" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="2CA8C39190C98FA02A16B34005831BCF" pageNumber="1474">
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<emphasis id="DBBEB5C3FE83EE510CBAA22BCFE18383" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1474">Discussion:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="323290DDEACFE174A51FC5BCD5712A9A" pageNumber="1474">
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<taxonomicName id="01569C59555A5D8FA8B4524BFB053559">
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<emphasis id="4ED47FF83435F05D7BF97E76AC9229C8" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus</emphasis>
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species
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</taxonomicName>
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group unresolved.
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<bibRefCitation id="CF365B959A93063FA295A61FD287C3D9" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman (1941)</bibRefCitation>
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first listed the species as the only member of "
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<taxonomicName id="259AD0041788819F9CFE90788471E80B" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="14EF3EFD5C29FDEC8A0E9EA57A5A7088" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">macleari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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" group in subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="089C227251F63A2BC8A954D8E97BA3DE" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="D657A6549775202157F7860A4A58E7A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, then placed it and
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<taxonomicName id="28950501FDC99F174FAE845192E465E5" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nativitatis">
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<emphasis id="2BCC50471D5870C2C45923563496C000" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. nativitatis</emphasis>
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in same group within subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="0DE9616E87A8EBA9104041D4E5F5C3DD" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Stenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="AD028416A3F4FDE0A5049BF748924A5A" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Stenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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of
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<taxonomicName id="48FA984FBF94BD09BE1365F8CEA2F697" authority="(Ellerman, 1949 a)" baseAuthorityName="Ellerman" baseAuthorityYear="1949" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="51E065D36AF8269BD3A6220A8A37EDC3" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="6B2A62BEB41154458B2216EF5B241A59" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref93012" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1949 a. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. III, Appendix II [Notes on the rodents from Madagascar in the British Museum, and on a collection from the island obtained by Mr. C. S. Webb]. British Museum (Natural History), London, 210 pp." year="1949">
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Ellerman, 1949
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<emphasis id="26C96582AF993D7EDB0AEF6B2C1BF3FB" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">a</emphasis>
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</bibRefCitation>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="8EFE84CFD129F44A270B047186E76FE7" author="Chasen, F. N." refId="ref58278" refString="Chasen, F. N. 1940. A handlist of Malaysian mammals: A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, including the adjacent small islands. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 15: 1 - 209." year="1940">Chasen (1940)</bibRefCitation>
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thought
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<taxonomicName id="E4E62A8D8B7050086D2022CEFA169FC0" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="A6010B1AE74F3F50661874449876EC03" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
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to be nearest
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<taxonomicName id="286599A26BC77A2961C35524A974A4E0" baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1879" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Sundamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muelleri">
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<emphasis id="78798859A8E3CA2FC5F9868FC8A95480" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Sundamys muelleri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, but in their comparisons,
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<bibRefCitation id="19DD87DC137EC1F7D8D0F8C521016363" author="Musser, G. G. & C. Newcomb" refId="ref252768" refString="Musser, G. G., and C. Newcomb. 1983. Malaysian murids and the giant rat of Sumatra. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 174: 327 - 598." year="1983">Musser and Newcomb (1983)</bibRefCitation>
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found no support for this alliance.
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<bibRefCitation id="76ED0C85C841EEE507BDACCA63BCFD92" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243286" refString="Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae: Evolutionary trends. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, Serie IN- 8, Sciences Zoologiques, 172: 1 - 219." year="1969">Misonne (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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included
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<taxonomicName id="72687DE097C0268DEF6DD35E76025651" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="98A1EC8FBDC1464F6124C766E14518CC" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="CC5B8B451DCCD765C21C269C90856943" baseAuthorityName="Ellerman" baseAuthorityYear="1949" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="D20971CD6FAB5EC0A13A822006D82CC5" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; at the other extreme,
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<bibRefCitation id="76B3FD230799F50E95571E0C288EB8C3" author="Sody, H. J. V." refId="ref332599" refString="Sody, H. J. V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo- Malayan and Indo- Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia, 18: 255 - 325." year="1941">Sody (1941)</bibRefCitation>
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proposed genus
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<taxonomicName id="8F69D6C6B58898E7BDEE4AC29D5E927D" authorityName="Sody" authorityYear="1941" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Christomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="60E51E25C9267E0701E30086E60C3CC6" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Christomys</emphasis>
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to contain it. In the original description,
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<bibRefCitation id="CE299114878E054EC10C7DBD92928BC3" author="Thomas, O." refId="ref351623" refString="Thomas, O. 1887 c. Report on a zoological collection made by the officers of H. M. S. ' Flying Fish' at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. I. Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887: 511 - 514." year="1887">
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Thomas (1887
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<emphasis id="04C2DEDE2952FF733728AEB477CDF84F" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">c</emphasis>
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)
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</bibRefCitation>
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indicated
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<taxonomicName id="AD5CEFF3BBE99433CF1B83AD957ED42F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="320956CD3E032B75FDED70672081F746" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
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belonged to a group that included
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<emphasis id="2E18D4363148E2700D8B38BA678C9AE7" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Taeromys celebensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="3FCF6F950BD27ADE5AA4D32DF19D1A66" baseAuthorityName="Jentink" baseAuthorityYear="1879" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Lenomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meyeri">
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<emphasis id="CA0445E899AE0EBACDB54CB62AAC94B4" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Lenomys meyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="1A64738AB160F0B81D6B4BDC7F65E469" authorityName="Günther" authorityYear="1879" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="everetti">
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<emphasis id="205A9273870293C7E81898235EE4EF0E" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus everetti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<emphasis id="326F67ADD74D75C5896F237427058C46" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. xanthurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(he treated all as
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<taxonomicName id="C7C5746476236F05F52A6C3BD46CA477" baseAuthorityName="Ellerman" baseAuthorityYear="1949" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="821473E6DA4E620929F408D146071242" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); of these, only
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<taxonomicName id="071429D8F0E7EE4346A6BE97600C96F0" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xanthurus">
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<emphasis id="CCB5FD7F2BBE961F016F3D91B9C32212" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. xanthurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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resembles
|
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<taxonomicName id="4586FC13418262315E2BE1D4BBFCDC6C" authority="(Musser and Newcomb, 1983)" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
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<emphasis id="DD44F8C6970A6072DF3C24A598C68C13" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
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(
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||
<bibRefCitation id="33A7AFE215DA1EBCA13F95233B00F672" author="Musser, G. G. & C. Newcomb" refId="ref252768" refString="Musser, G. G., and C. Newcomb. 1983. Malaysian murids and the giant rat of Sumatra. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 174: 327 - 598." year="1983">Musser and Newcomb, 1983</bibRefCitation>
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)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Phylogenetic relationships remain unresolved, but Musser (1986) suggested
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EDFA058CC4FCC441B779FEB37717E973" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
|
||
<emphasis id="027E0F40C9631AB6FB1925C12443EA6C" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
should be compared with a group of species that includes
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1A32DDDF2B9EBABC8510CA6F812C53C0" authorityName="Bonhote" authorityYear="1903" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annandalei">
|
||
<emphasis id="174B86D891448BAB779174515D6BAD13" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. annandalei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DD68079EA8291A6C28683864564CCAEF" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1906" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="enganus">
|
||
<emphasis id="336A9A8C6CD112CFBB4AC880539B2BA0" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. enganus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0BEC9EBE6F7C344E78B8E06DD7EC6BCE" authorityName="Robinson and Kloss" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="korinchi">
|
||
<emphasis id="0A9FA18C32B7DE1D7AA40BD8CF3FC297" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. korinchi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="69286E0C9A6BFD94B36E9A2847CE3D75" authorityName="Phillips" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montanus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90454F3B361AEFC474DE250F34C5AFC" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. montanus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E5759EE47265099BA69A1A3191EADA0C" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nativitatis">
|
||
<emphasis id="3B4C9F874AB560DABFD187C2EDAFFC4A" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. nativitatis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="615CF4B0BA75FA42F084B65712E6F55C" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xanthurus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1A03A6207CAA7937054BB124D51C322E" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. xanthurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, none of them members of subgenus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3661B857424AB12EFCB3D47A3A2FB245" baseAuthorityName="Ellerman" baseAuthorityYear="1949" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DF2F22ADE16C8615F1AE000161132097" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but distantly related to it.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="C5C8BEF7D7DAF501A54D1E023F0F19F9" pageNumber="1474">
|
||
Until the introduction of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="89213A8093E90A0B1C97637DEC9F2E37" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rattus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B2FAD793AF965A3766ADC59266226CE5" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">Rattus rattus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in 1899 (apparently from a cargo of hay carried by the S. S. Hindustan;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="41E28B29764F18CC4D42BAE49550BFA2" author="Pickering, J. & C. A. Norris" refId="ref285875" refString="Pickering, J., and C. A. Norris. 1996. New evidence concerning the extinction of the endemic murid Rattus macleari from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Australian Mammalogy, 19: 19 - 25." year="1996">Pickering and Norris, 1996</bibRefCitation>
|
||
),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B0D330652E8A17D2E62B459991080C0E" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
|
||
<emphasis id="F123F2A63DF6D49C7BB2D3DEF08CE73A" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="994FD3670D0DEEF476901FF41BF947B2" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nativitatis">
|
||
<emphasis id="54F9416D1B88587E97B8FFCBB0FE3EA8" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. nativitatis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were the only rats living on Christmas Isl. The possible role of disease transferred from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4DB83C71214B687D6D01F94A0DD24CDD" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rattus">
|
||
<emphasis id="6D5AB6AB19FD305DB634F89DEF9B2742" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. rattus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7B91047C6F35CBF1C8E4B1F176303A09" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
|
||
<emphasis id="1E9E976EDCA8F038BDD77E6078ED6248" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in abetting its extinction is discussed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="419D7967B5A06F750FD89C0F771DAD0B" author="Pickering, J. & C. A. Norris" refId="ref285875" refString="Pickering, J., and C. A. Norris. 1996. New evidence concerning the extinction of the endemic murid Rattus macleari from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Australian Mammalogy, 19: 19 - 25." year="1996">Pickering and Norris (1996)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, who also identified specimens with color patterns they interpreted to reflect hybridization between the introduced species and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="54E694CB536E830B7DA53EB1CE5D9705" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
|
||
<emphasis id="927AEECDDFEE6D0C146D7D5A6F547886" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. All specimens, however, can be identified as either
|
||
<taxonomicName id="22D92A77A4BC41BFD1B97932F3C6560F" baseAuthorityName="Hinton" baseAuthorityYear="1919" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rattus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B5CFF897A646078E5FD555191DB424D6" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. rattus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D4D0DF4026416B67BFF7013D0C4550FE" baseAuthorityName="Musser and Newcomb" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macleari">
|
||
<emphasis id="95E46A0833B5BE550CE03AD66064ACA4" italics="true" pageNumber="1474">R. macleari</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and provide no evidence of hybridization (Musser and Norris, ms.), which is consistent with the distant phyletic relationship between the two as assessed by morphological traits. Whatever the causes of extinction (and introduced infectious diseases may have played a role) hybridization was not one of them
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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