Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold 1935
- Dataset
- Muridae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Muridae
- genus
- Rattus
- species
- Rattus salocco
activity
Activity patterns. No information.
biology_ecology
Habitat. Tropical lowland evergreen and montane rain forests at elevations of 300 - 1500 m. The South-eastern Xanthurus Rat might also be found in disturbed habitat.
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
breeding
Breeding. No information.
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Southeastern Xanthurus Rat has a fairly limited distribution but is only known from three speciments; it might may be more widely distributed than currently known. More research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and conservation threats.
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 211 mm, tail 265 mm, hindfoot 39 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The South-eastern Xanthurus Rat is large, with long andfairly soft pelage and long black guard hairs, but not as long as on the Northeastern Xanthurus Rat (R. xanthurus) and the Marmoset Xanthurus Rat (R. marmosurus). Dorsum is brownish black, with brown-tipped hairs; venteris bufty white, fading to yellowish on neck and chin; and ventral pelage is not strongly demarcated from dorsal pelage. Feet are dark dorsally, with white digits and undersides. Ears are small. Tail is ¢. 126 % of head-body length, almost naked, and dark at base, being white for the final two-thirds. Skull has short basilar length, large bulla, wide molars, and narrow zygomatic plate. There are two pairs of mammae: two pectoral and two inguinal.
discussion
Rattus salocco is in the R. xanthurus species group within Rattus, apparently being most closely related to R. marmosurus. Monotypic.
distribution
Distribution. Tanke Salokko and the Mowewe lowlands on the SE peninsula of Sulawesi.
food_feeding
Food and Feeding. No information.
materials_examined
“ Tanke Salocco, Mengkoka Range, southeastern Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], 1500 meters. ”
Name
- Homonyms
- Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold 1935
- Common names
- Rat du Salokko in 法语
- Rata de cola dorada suroriental in language.
- Sidostliche Gelbschwanzratte in 德语
- South-eastern Xanthurus Rat in 英语