Southeastern Xanthurus Rat
Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold, 1935
Also calledRat du Salokko (fra) · Sidostliche Gelbschwanzratte (deu) · szczur salokański (pol) · サロコクマネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Am. Mus. Novit. vol.802 p.7
The southeastern xanthurus rat (Rattus salocco), is a rodent of the genus Rattus.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Rattus xanthurus species group. Described as a species by Tate and Archbold, but subsequently usually included in R. xanthurus (e. g., Musser and Carleton, 1993). Musser (ms) demonstrated that the species is most closely related to R. marmosurus of C and N Sulawesi, and documented the synonymy of orientalis. See account of Taeromys arcuatus for information on the biogeographic pattern exhibited by this and other species pairs on Sulawesi.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: SE Peninsula; recorded from Tanke Salokko and in lowlands at Mowewe (03 o 57 ' S / 121 o 43 ' E), 300 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Indonesia, SE peninsula of Sulawesi, Pegunungan Mekongga (= Mengkoka), Tanke Salokko (highest point on Pengunungan), 03 o 35 ' S / 121 o 15 ' E, 1500 m.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, S. E. Sulawesi, Mengkoka Range, Tanka Salocco.
Order Rodentia (Part 5)
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Range & habitat
This species is known only from the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, where it has been found at 300 and 1,500 m (980 and 4,920 ft) altitude. Only three specimens of this poorly understood species are known; the last were collected in 1932 at the mountain Tanke Salokko. The IUCN Red List therefore lists the species as Data Deficient.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264911.