Rattus culmorum subsp. apex Troughton 1939
- 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, dentaries and study skin complete.
description
Current name. Rattus tunneyi culmorum (Thomas & Dollman, 1909), following Jackson & Groves (2015).
discussion
Comments. Troughton’s description appears to be based on a single specimen.
distribution
Type locality. Specimen tag cites “ Skull Creek; Cape York alt. 20 m ”. Troughton (1939) states that Skull Creek is in the extreme north-west of Cape York Peninsula, Qld.
materials_examined
Holotype. M. 3371 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. 2432], skull, study skin, collected by Robin Kemp on 3 January 1913. Received by exchange from the BMNH in 1923 (apparently not registered in BMNH collection), registered in the AM on 10 December 1923.
vernacular_names
Common name. Pale Field Rat.