Species Rattus nativitatis (Thomas, 1889) (extinct)

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• Mus nativitatis Thomas, O. 1889. On the mammals of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 532-534 [533].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2 specimens ♂, Christmas Island.

  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. [656].

Generic Combinations

• Rattus nativitatis (Thomas, 1889).

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

Flannery, T. 1990. The rats of Christmas past. Australian Natural History 23: 394-400

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.

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. [656] (taxonomic relationships)

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. 1889. On the mammals of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. pp. 532-534 in Lister, J.J. On the natural history of Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 512-534 [publication dated 1888]

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Christmas Island Rat)

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