Sundaic Rattus : definitions of Rattus baluensis and Rattus korinchi. American Museum novitates ; no. 2862

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dc.contributor.authorMusser, Guy G.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:08:38Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:08:38Z
dc.date.issued1986en_US
dc.description24 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 23-24).en_US
dc.description.abstract"Among the 14 genera and 41 species of murid rodents that are native to the peninsula and islands on the Sunda Shelf are five species of Rattus. Two of these, R. baluensis from Gunung Kinabalu in Sabah and R. korinchi from the mountains of central Sumatra, were regarded as isolated mountain populations of one species. Restudy of specimens in museum collections indicates the Bornean population to be a species closely related to the widespread Sundaic R. tiomanicus, which is a relative of R. rattus and other species native to continental Asia and India. Morphological characteristics of R. korinchi are unlike any other species of Rattus. These endemic Bornean and Sumatran Rattus are contrasted and defined"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5191
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2862en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2862, 1986en_US
dc.subject.lcshRattus baluensisen_US
dc.subject.lcshRattus korinchien_US
dc.subject.lcshRattus -- Greater Sunda Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshRodents -- Greater Sunda Islandsen_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals -- Greater Sunda Islandsen_US
dc.titleSundaic Rattus : definitions of Rattus baluensis and Rattus korinchi. American Museum novitates ; no. 2862en_US
dc.title.alternativeDefinitions of Rattus baluensis and Rattus korinchien_US
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