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Item The historical misapplication of the name Mus fuscipes and a systematic re-evaluation of Rattus lacus (Rodentia, Muridae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2281(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1967) Taylor, J. Mary (Jocelyn Mary), 1931-; Horner, B. Elizabeth, 1916-Item Observations on the biology of the yellow-footed marsupial mouse, Antechinus flavipes flavipes. American Museum novitates ; no. 1972(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1959) Horner, B. Elizabeth, 1916-; Taylor, J. Mary (Jocelyn Mary), 1931-"Fifteen individuals of the yellow-footed marsupial mouse, Antechinus flavipes flavipes, were trapped in the coastal Eucalyptus forest of New South Wales, Australia. In the 22 acres sampled all but four specimens were captured within 150 feet of a permanent creek bordered by loamy soil and dense leaf litter. Recapture data were obtained from four specimens, and the greatest distance between points of recapture was 350 feet. Trap size was found to be a significant factor in the capture of this species. Seasonal changes in the pouch area and early stages of pouch young are described. The data suggest that birth of the pouch young occurs in August and possibly September. Food selection and behavior in captivity are described. The males of A. f. flavipes and A. f. godmani are shown to be significantly larger than the females of these respective subspecies"--P. 22-23.Item A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 173, article 3([New York] : American Museum of Natural History, 1982) Taylor, J. Mary (Jocelyn Mary), 1931-; Calaby, John H. (John Henry), 1922-; Van Deusen, Hobart M."Eleven native and five introduced species of Rattus occur in New Guinea. The native species are represented by 23 subspecies or monotypic species, all of which are endemic, and ally as three major species groups: (1) R. niobe, R. richardsoni, and R. verecundus; (2) R. praetor, R. mordax, R. leucopus, R. steini, R. giluwensis, R. novaeguineae, and R. jobiensis; and (3) R. sordidus. The first species group is largely montane (to 4500 m. altitude) in distribution, the second includes both montane and lowland species, whereas the third, R. sordidus, is restricted to southern lowlands. One new species, R. novaeguineae, and two new subspecies, R. steini baliemensis and R. verecundus vandeuseni, are proposed and described in this revision. Rattus giluwensis, R. jobiensis, and R. steini are elevated to the rank of full species. Among the native species, we recognize two subspecies of Rattus niobe: R. n. niobe (synonyms = Stenomys rufulus and Stenomys niobe stevensi), and R. n. arrogans (synonyms = Rattus niobe haymani (= klossi), Stenomys niobe arfakiensis, and Rattus niobe pococki (= clarae)); Rattus richardsoni as monotypic (synonym = Rattus omichlodes); four subspecies of Rattus verecundus: R. v. verecundus, R. v. mollis (synonym = Rattus verecundus tomba), R. v. unicolor, and R. v. vandeuseni, new subspecies Taylor and Calaby; two subspecies of Rattus praetor: R. p. praetor (synonyms = Rattus praetor mediocris and Rattus purdiensis), and R. p. coenorum (synonyms = Rattus mordax tramitius, Rattus bandiculus, Rattus leucopus utakwa, and Rattus sansapor); two subspecies of Rattus mordax: R. m. mordax and R. m. fergussoniensis; three subspecies of Rattus leucopus: R. l. ringens, R. l. ratticolor, and R. l. dobodurae; four subspecies of Rattus steini: R. s. steini, R. s. foersteri, R. s. hageni (synonym = Rattus rosalinda), and R. s. baliemensis, new subspecies Taylor and Calaby; Rattus giluwensis as monotypic; Rattus novaeguineae, new species Taylor and Calaby as monotypic; Rattus jobiensis as monotypic (synonyms = Rattus owiensis and Rattus biakensis); and two subspecies of Rattus sordidus: R. s. gestri (synonyms = Rattus brachyrhinus and Rattus gestri bunae) and R. s. aramia. The five introduced species are R. exulans, R. nitidus, R. rattus, R. norvegicus, and R. argentiventer, and all are commensals of human beings. Rattus exulans is represented by a single widespread subspecies in New Guinea, R. e. browni, and its establishment here probably antedates that of the others by several thousand years. It is the only introduced species that we assessed in detail taxonomically and regard it as the senior synonym of the following: Mus? echimyoides, Rattus concolor lassacquèrei, Rattus concolor manoquarius, Rattus browni praecelsus, Rattus browni aitape, Rattus browni suffectus, Rattus browni tibicen, Rattus browni gawae, and Rattus rennelli"--P. 179.Item Systematics of native Australian Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 150, article 1(New York : [American Museum of Natural History], 1973) Taylor, J. Mary (Jocelyn Mary), 1931-; Horner, B. Elizabeth, 1916-"The native Australian Rattus are represented by five species and 14 subspecies. The progenitor of these native Rattus appears to be an ancestral form of R. lutreolus which gave rise to two major lines. One line represents the forest species, R. fuscipes and R. leucopus, and of these, R. fuscipes appears to have given rise to R. leucopus through a R. f. coracius-like ancestor. The other major line is composed of the grassland species, R. sordidus and R. tunneyi. The link between these two is postulated as being through the two subspecies R. t. culmorum-R. s. sordidus. Rattus tunneyi tunneyi is the most distant subspecies from the R. lutreolus-type progenitor along this line, and R. leucopus cooktownensis is the most remote along the line of forest forms. Rattus exulans subspecies, which occurs within the political boundaries of Australia probably as a result of human biochore dispersal, is included in this study chiefly because it has been allied with native Rattus on occasion in previous investigations. We recognize four subspecies of Rattus fuscipes: R. f. fuscipes (synonyms = R. f. mondraineus and R. f. glauerti), R. f. greyii (synonyms = R. murrayi, R. greyii ravus, R. greyii peccatus, and R. greyii pelori), R. f. assimilis, and R. f. coracius (synonym = R. manicatus); two subspecies of Rattus leucopus: R. l. leucopus (synonym = R. l. mcilwraithi) and R. l. cooktownensis; three subspecies of Rattus lutreolus: R. l. lutreolus (synonyms = R. vellerosus, R. l. cambricus, and R. l. imbil), R. l. velutinus (synonym = ?Mus tasmaniensis), and R. l. lacus; three subspecies of Rattus sordidus: R. s. sordidus (synonyms = R. conatus and R. youngi), R. s. villosissimus (synonym = R. villosissimus profusus), and R. s. colletti; and two subspecies of R. tunneyi: R. t. tunneyi (synonyms = Mus woodwardi, R. melvilleus, and R. tunneyi dispar) and R. t. culmoram (synonyms = R. culmorum vallesius, R. culmorum austrinus, and R. culmorum apex)"--P. 5.