Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Vogelkop Mountain Rat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
The natural history of this species is unknown.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 18 Unknown [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
This species is often considered to be part of Rattus niobe. It was recognized provisionally as a distinct species by Musser and Carleton (2005) pending further study of the R. niobe complex . [1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rattus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 82 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. adustus (Burnished Enggano Rat) · R. andamanensis (Indochinese Forest Rat) · R. annandalei (Annandales Sundaic Rat) · R. arfakienis (Vogelkop Mountain Rat) · R. argentiventer (Ricefield Rat) · R. argentiventer argentiventer (Rice-Field Rat) · R. arrogans (Western New Guinea Mountain Rat) · R. baluensis (Kinabalu Rat) · R. blangorum (Aceh Rat) · R. bontanus (Southwestern Xanthurus Rat) · R. burrus (Millers Nicobar Rat) · R. colletti (Dusky Rat) · R. elaphinus (Sula Archipelago Rat) · R. enganus (Enggano Island Rat) · R. everetti (Philippine Forest Rat) · R. exulans (Polynesian Rat) · R. feliceus (Spiny Seram Island Rat) · R. foramineus (Hole Rat) · R. fuscipes (Bush Rat) · R. fuscipes fuscipes (Bush Rat) · R. giluwensis (Giluwe Rat) · R. hainaldi (Hainalds Flores Island Rat) · R. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Sulawesi Rat) · R. hoogerwerfi (Hoogerwerfs Sumatran Rat) · R. jobiensis (Yapen Rat) · R. koopmani (Koopmans Peleng Island Rat) · R. korinchi (Sumatran Mountain Rat) · R. leucopus (Mottle-Tailed Rat) · R. leucopus leucopus (Mottle-Tailed Rat) · R. losea (Losea Rat) · R. losea losea (Lesser Rice-Field Rat) · R. lugens (Mentawai Archipelago Rat) · R. lutreolus (Australian Swamp Rat) · R. macleari (Christmas Island Rat) · R. marmosurus (Marmoset Xanthurus Rat) · R. mindorensis (Mindoro Mountain Rat) · R. mollicomulus (Lampobatang Sulawesi Rat) · R. montanus (Sri Lankan Mountain Rat) · R. mordax (Eastern Rat) · R. morotaiensis (Halmahara Rat) · R. nativitatis (Christmas Island Rat) · R. niobe (Moss-Forest Rat) · R. nitidus (Himalayan Field Rat) · R. norvegicus (Norway Rat) · R. norvegicus albinicus (Norway Rat) · R. norvegicus norvegicus (Norway Rat) · R. norvegicus var. albus (Norway Rat) · R. novaeguineae (Papua New Guinea Rat) · R. omichlodes (Arianus's Rat) · R. osgoodi (Osgoods Vietnamese Rat) · R. palmarum (Zelebors Nicobar Rat) · R. pelurus (Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat) · R. pococki (Pococks Highland Rat) · R. praetor (Large Spiny Rat) · R. pyctoris (Himalayan Rat) · R. ranjiniae (Ranjinis Field Rat) · R. rattus (European House Rat) · R. rattus alexandrinus (Black Rat) · R. rattus argentiventer (Rice-Field Rat) · R. rattus norvegicus (Norway Rat) · R. rattus sladeni (Black Rat) · R. richardsoni (Glacier Rat) · R. ruber (Red-Barred Rubble Goby) · R. salocco (Southeastern Xanthurus Rat) · R. sanila (New Ireland Rat) · R. sikkimensis (Sikkim Rat) · R. simalurensis (Simalur Archipelago Rat) · R. sordidus (Australian Dusky Field Rat) · R. sordidus sordidus (Australian Dusky Field Rat) · R. steini (Small Spiny Rat) · R. stoicus (Andaman Rat) · R. tanezumi (Oriental House Rat) · R. tawitawiensis (Tawitawi Forest Rat) · R. timorensis (Timor Forest Rat) · R. tiomanicus (Malaysian Field Rat) · R. tunneyi (Tunney's Rat) · R. tunneyi tunneyi (Pale Field Rat) · R. turkestanicus (Turkestan Rat) · R. vandeuseni (Van Deusen's Rat) · R. verecundus (Slender Rat) · R. villosissimus (Long-Haired Rat) · R. xanthurus (Northeastern Xanthurus Rat)
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Further Reading
- Flannery, T. F. 1995. The Mammals of New Guinea, 2nd edition. Reed Books, Sydney, Australia.
- Helgen, K. M. 2007. A Taxonomic and Geographic Overview of the Mammals of Papua. In: A. J. Marshall and B. M. Beehler (eds), The Ecology of Papua, pp. 689-749. Periplus Editions, Singapore.
- Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Wright, D., Lunde, D. & Ruedas, L. 2008. Rattus arfakienis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 238957
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4755402
Footnotes
- Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Wright, D., Lunde, D. & Ruedas, L. 2008. Rattus arfakienis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
