Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mentawai Archipelago Rat, Mentawai Rat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is restricted
to tropical
lowland evergreen
forest
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [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
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
()
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
()
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Murinae
()
- Genus:
Rattus
()
- Fischer de Waldheim, 1803
- Subgenus:
intertidal
()
- Specific name:
lugens
- (Miller, 1903)
- Scientific name: - Rattus lugens (Miller, 1903)
- Specific name:
lugens
- (Miller, 1903)
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
- Genus:
Rattus
(
- Subfamily:
Murinae
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- 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
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001
Chasen (1940) listed lugens and mentawai each as a
subspecies
of R. rattus, but the Mentawai endemic is a morphologically
distinctive species most closely related to R. adustus from
Enggano island and R. simalurensis from the adjacent
Simalur
Archipelago, and both those two species along with R. lugens
appear to be morphologically related to the R. tiomanicus
complex
(Musser 1986; Musser and Califia 1982; Musser and Heaney
1985).[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
- The families and genera of living rodents / by J.R. Ellerman; with a list of named forms (1758-1936) by R.W. Hayman and G.W.C.Holt. London: British Museum, 1941. url p. 181.
Notes
Contributors
- Aplin, K., Musser, G. & Lunde, D. 2008. Rattus lugens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus lugens. 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.
- 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: 108685
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585532
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585532
- IUCN ID: 238980
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7336
Footnotes
- Aplin, K., Musser, G. & Lunde, D. 2008. Rattus lugens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
