Philippine Rattus : a new species from the Sulu Archipelago. American Museum novitates ; no. 2818

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dc.contributor.authorMusser, Guy G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHeaney, Lawrence R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:10:24Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:10:24Z
dc.date.issued1985en_US
dc.description32 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 30-32).en_US
dc.description.abstract"A new species, Rattus tawitawiensis, is described from Tawitawi Island in the southern Sulu Islands. It is native to the island, whereas Rattus rattus mindanensis, which also occurs there, is not. The known mammalian fauna of the Sulu Archipelago has characteristics indicating that the islands have had no recent land-bridge connection to either Borneo or Mindanao; this is consistent with geological evidence. The new species has no close relative now living in either the Philippine Islands to the east or on the islands and peninsula of the Sunda Shelf to the west. In morphology, the Tawitawi rat is most similar to species of Rattus living on islands rimming the Sunda Shelf beyond the 180 m bathymetric line. These peripheral isolates appear to be most similar to Rattus tiomanicaus among the extant fauna of the Sunda Shelf"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5226
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2818en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2818, 1985en_US
dc.subject.lcshRattus tawitawiensisen_US
dc.subject.lcshRodents -- Philippines -- Sulu Archipelagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshMammals -- Philippines -- Sulu Archipelagoen_US
dc.titlePhilippine Rattus : a new species from the Sulu Archipelago. American Museum novitates ; no. 2818en_US
dc.title.alternativeNew species of Rattusen_US
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