Subspecies Rattus leucopus leucopus (J.E. Gray, 1867)

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• Acanthomys leucopus Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the variegated or yellow-tailed rats of Australasia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 597-600 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]] [598] [the specific name leucopus Gray, 1867, as published in the binomen Acanthomys leucopus, has been placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, ICZN 1979. Opinion 1116. Acanthomys leucopus Gray, 1867 (Mammalia): validated under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 35: 180–183; by the ruling given in Opinion 1116, the original reference for Acanthomys leucopus Gray, 1867 is Gray, J.E. (1867). op. cit. p. 598].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 67.5.6.4 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, Cape York, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   ICZN 1979. Opinion 1116. Acanthomys leucopus Gray, 1867 (Mammalia): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35: 180-183.
• Hapalotis personata Krefft, G. 1867. Notes on the mammals and birds of Cape York, with description of two new rodents of the genus Hapalotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 316-319 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]] [318].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM 77 (Palmer Register) ♀ skin & skull, Cape York, QLD.
• [Mus terraereginae] Alston, E.R. 1879. In Anon. Abstract. (Untitled) Zoological Society, June 17. Nature (London) 20: 210-211 [211] [nom. nov. for Acanthomys leucopus Gray, 1867; Anon. (1879). op. cit., is an abstract of Alston, E.R. 1879. On the Acanthomys of Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 645–647; the specific name terraereginae Alston, 1879, as published in the binomen Mus terraereginae has been suppressed for the purposes of the Law of Priority, but not for those of the Law of Homonymy, and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology, see ICZN 1979. Opinion 1116. Acanthomys leucopus Gray, 1867 (Mammalia): validated under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 35: 180–183; by the ruling given in Opinion 1116 the original reference for Mus terraereginae Alston, 1879 is Alston, E.R. 1879. On the Acanthomys of Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 645–647 [646], but this work is predated by Anon. (1879). op. cit., the publication date of which is 26 June, 1879; that of Alston, op. cit. is Oct., 1879, see Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [73]].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

  Secondary source:

   Alston, E.R. 1879. On the Acanthomys of Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 645-647; Alston, E.R. 1879. On the Acanthomys of Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 645-647; Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71-84; ICZN 1979. Opinion 1116. Acanthomys leucopus Gray, 1867 (Mammalia): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35: 180-183.
• Rattus leucopus mcilwraithi Tate, G.H.H. 1951. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 65 The rodents of Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 97: 183-430 [335].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 153968 ♂ skin & skull, Upper Nesbit River, Rocky Scrub, 20 miles E of Coen, QLD, 1500 ft.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Cape York Peninsula.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, frugivorous, granivore, montane, predator, terrestrial.

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