Rattus tanezumi mindanensis
Object Details
- Collector
- E. A. Mearns
- This specimen is a composite, with the skin being a Rattus tanezumi mindanensis and the skull being a Rattus nitidus. Musser (1977:6) designated the skin of USNM 145790 to be the lectotype of Epimys benguetensis Hollister, 1913.
- Record Last Modified
- 28 Apr 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Collection Date
- 1 May 1907
- Other Numbers
- Mammals Field Number : 6405
- USNM Number
- 145790
- Type Citation
- Hollister, N. 1913. A review of the Philippine land mammals in the United States National Museum. 46 323.
- Type Status
- Lectotype
- Preparation
- Skin
- Skull
- Remarks
- lacks left foreleg
- Sex
- Female
- Stage
- Adult
- Place
- Baguio, Camp John Hay, Benguet Province, Philippines, Asia
- Published Name
- Rattus tanezumi mindanensis
- Epimys benguetensis Hollister, 1913
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- Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Rodentia, Myomorpha, Muridae, Murinae
- NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
- Record ID
- nmnhvz_7252707
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a1af1832-1fe7-4e93-aba8-91fa27c06dd0
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