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Rattus leucopus

Cape York Rat

As recorded: Rattus leucopus (Gray, 1867)

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Muridae

Collected by
N Wilson & M NadchatramM. Nadchatram →N.H. Wilson →
Collector number
Collector Number: --
Locality
Karema, Brown River Forestry Station, 38 km NW [= NE] of Port Moresby
Region
Papua New Guinea
Coordinates
-9.2014, 147.2381
Identified by
A C Ziegler / confirmed by K M Helgen, 2007confirmed by K.M. Helgen →Alan C. Ziegler →
Record type
Preserved specimen
47 Bishop specimens of Rattus leucopusSpecies page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Rattus leucopus. BPBM 60136. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 165334786. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/60136.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Type status not recognized

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