A NEW SPECIES OF RATTUS FROM GUNUNG MUTIS, SOUTH WEST TIMOR ISLAND, INDONESIA.

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Abstract: A new species of murid rodent is described from a single, aged individual. collected in montane forest at ca. 1900 m elevation on Timor. It is small bodied, with a bicoloured lail. 3 pairs of mammae and a distinct skull morphology. It is tentatively placed in the genus Rattus.

Author(s) KITCHENER, D.J., APLIN, K.P. AND BOEADI : Part 2
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