Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Yapen Rat, Japen Rat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It has been recorded from tropical
moist forest
, at the forest edge,
in rural gardens, and within villages.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [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
(
Synonyms
Rattus jobiensis Rümmler, 1935
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001
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. Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, Ny, USA.
- 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.
- Taylor, J. M., Calaby, J. H. and Van Deusen, H. M. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173: 177-336.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus jobiensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Wright, D., Aplin, K. & Helgen, K. 2008. Rattus jobiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108680
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585527
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585527
- IUCN ID: 238975
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7331
Footnotes
- Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Wright, D., Aplin, K. & Helgen, K. 2008. Rattus jobiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
