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CAVS: 1877

Species Rattus macleari (Thomas, 1887) (extinct)

Maclear's Rat

Mus macleari Thomas, O. 1887. Report on a zoological collection made by the officers of H.M.S. 'Flying Fish' at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. I. Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 511-514 [513 pl. XLII].
Type data:
Holotype adult ♀ in spirit, Christmas Is.
Secondary source:
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501-756 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A. M. (eds). Mammal species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second Edition. Washington : Smithsonian Institute 1206 pp. [655].

Generic Combinations

Rattus macleari (Thomas, 1887).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Andrews, C.W. 1900. Mammals. pp. 22-37 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp.

Andrews, C.W. 1909. An account of Andrew's visit to Christmas Island in 1908. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1909: 101-103

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1900. Notes on the osteology of Mus nativitatis and Mus macleari. pp. 34-37 in A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). British Museum of Natural History : London. 34-37 pp.

Pickering, J. & Norris, C.A. 1996. New evidence concerning the extinction of the endemic murid Rattus macleari from Christmas Island. Australian Mammalogy 19: 19-25

Thomas, O. 1887. Report on a zoological collection made by the officers of H.M.S. 'Flying Fish' at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. I. Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 511-514

Thomas, O. 1889. On the mammals of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 532-534

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Maclear's Rat)

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
10-Dec-2010		10-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		24-Aug-2010	MODIFIED