New Ireland forest rat
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R. sanila
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| Rattus sanila Flannery & White, 1991
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The New Ireland forest rat (Rattus sanila) is a large rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.
Description
Ratus sanila is known only by the discovery of some 7 subfossil fragments of jaw dated to over 3000 years old. The molars of this particular species are broad and have a very complex structure of the cusp. The diastema is also longer than in other species of the genus Rattus suggesting a separate species which may be a relict of an archaic or ancestral dispersal of Rattus stock to New Guinea and Australia. This species probably still survives in some primary forest.[1]
References
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External links
- http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Rodentia/Muridae/Rattus/Rattus-sanila.html
- http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001779
- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585548
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