Rattus praetor subsp. mediocris Troughton 1936
- Dataset
- Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Muridae
- genus
- Rattus
description
Condition. Cranium missing right side of occipital area, detached right auditory capsule, missing jugal bone of left zygomatic arch; both dentaries complete. Study skin, missing tail tip.
description
Current name. Rattus praetor praetor (Thomas, 1888 b), following Taylor et al. (1982) and Musser & Carleton (2005).
discussion
Comments. Type series appears to be limited to the three specimens listed above. No other specimens with similar collection details are included in the AM specimen database.
distribution
Type locality. Buin, Bougainville Island, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea.
materials_examined
Holotype. M. 5761 by original designation. Male, [Field no. 214], skull, study skin, collected by Rev. J. B. Poncelet, collection date not given, registered 27 December 1934.
materials_examined
Paratypes. (2, by original designation). M. 5759, skull, study skin; M. 5760, body in alc., both males, details as per holotype.
vernacular_names
Common name. Large New Guinea Spiny Rat.