Subspecies Rattus lutreolus velutinus (Thomas, 1882)

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Subspecies Rattus lutreolus velutinus (Thomas, 1882)

Mus velutinus Thomas, O. 1882. On two new Muridae from Tasmania. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 413-416 [415].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 77.7.3.1 ♀ skin & skull, TAS.
Mus pachyurus Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. Descriptions of new Tasmanian animals. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 181-184, pl.196 [Date published before 25 June 1884: publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [182].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not preserved, see Lord, C.E. 1918. Notes on the mammals of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1918: 16–52 [25–26] and Lord, C.E. & Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Hobart : Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 340 pp. 41 pls [300]), Long Plains, TAS.
Mus tetragonurus Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. Description of a new species of Mus, with a list of the terrestrial animals of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 195-198 [195] [junior homonym of Mus tetragonurus Kelaart, 1850].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not preserved, see Lord, C.E. 1918. Notes on the mammals of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1918: 16–52 [25–26] and Lord, C.E. & Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Hobart : Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 340 pp. 41 pls [300]), Mt Cameron and Springfield, Tas.
Mus (Epimys) petterdi Trouessart, E.-L. 1904. Catalogus Mammalium tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Quinquennale supplementum, anno 1904. Fasc. II. Rodentia. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn pp. 289-546. [373] [nom. nov. for Mus tetragonurus Higgins & Petterd, 1884].
Type data:
Syntype(s).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Also Bass Strait Ils.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, burrower, closed forest, coastal, folivore, granivore, noctidiurnal, open heath, predator, subtropical, terrestrial, territorial.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023		10-Dec-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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