Flores giant rat: Difference between revisions
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| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2017 |title=''Papagomys armandvillei'' |volume=2017 | | | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2017 |title=''Papagomys armandvillei'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T15975A22399875 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T15975A22399875.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
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The body mass has been estimated at {{Convert|1.2-2.5|kg}}, comparable to a rabbit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Veatch |first1=E. Grace |last2=Tocheri |first2=Matthew W. |last3=Sutikna |first3=Thomas |last4=McGrath |first4=Kate |last5=Wahyu Saptomo |first5=E. |last6=Jatmiko |last7=Helgen |first7=Kristofer M. |date=May 2019 |title=Temporal shifts in the distribution of murine rodent body size classes at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) reveal new insights into the paleoecology of Homo floresiensis and associated fauna |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |language=en |volume=130 |pages=45–60 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.02.002|doi-access=free |pmid=31010543 |bibcode=2019JHumE.130...45V |hdl=2440/121139 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> | The body mass has been estimated at {{Convert|1.2-2.5|kg}}, comparable to a rabbit.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Veatch |first1=E. Grace |last2=Tocheri |first2=Matthew W. |last3=Sutikna |first3=Thomas |last4=McGrath |first4=Kate |last5=Wahyu Saptomo |first5=E. |last6=Jatmiko |last7=Helgen |first7=Kristofer M. |date=May 2019 |title=Temporal shifts in the distribution of murine rodent body size classes at Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia) reveal new insights into the paleoecology of Homo floresiensis and associated fauna |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |language=en |volume=130 |pages=45–60 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.02.002|doi-access=free |pmid=31010543 |bibcode=2019JHumE.130...45V |hdl=2440/121139 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> | ||
''Papagomys armandvillei'' is the only extant species in the [[genus]] ''[[Papagomys]],'' with another smaller species, ''[[Papagomys theodorverhoeveni]]'', known from subfossil remains.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Binomial nomenclature#History|specific epithet]], armandvillei, honours the Dutch Jesuit missionary Cornelis J. F. le Cocq d'Armandville (1846–1896) who was stationed in the Dutch East Indies, and later in New Guinea.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA18|chapter=Armandville |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals |first1=Bo |last1=Beolens |first2=Michael |last2=Watkins |first3=Michael |last3=Grayson |year=2009 |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-9304-9 | | ''Papagomys armandvillei'' is the only extant species in the [[genus]] ''[[Papagomys]],'' with another smaller species, ''[[Papagomys theodorverhoeveni]]'', known from subfossil remains.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Binomial nomenclature#History|specific epithet]], armandvillei, honours the Dutch Jesuit missionary Cornelis J. F. le Cocq d'Armandville (1846–1896) who was stationed in the Dutch East Indies, and later in New Guinea.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA18|chapter=Armandville |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals |first1=Bo |last1=Beolens |first2=Michael |last2=Watkins |first3=Michael |last3=Grayson |year=2009 |location=Baltimore, MD |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-9304-9 |page=18}}</ref> | ||
[[Guy Musser]] describes the Flores giant rat as having small, round ears, a chunky body, and a small tail, and as appearing to be adapted for life on the ground with refuge in burrows. It has dense dark hair (pelage). Analysis of the teeth suggests a diet of leaves, buds, fruit, and certain kinds of insects as inferred by large [[Molar (tooth)|hypsodont]] teeth.<ref name="GMusser">{{Cite journal | [[Guy Musser]] describes the Flores giant rat as having small, round ears, a chunky body, and a small tail, and as appearing to be adapted for life on the ground with refuge in burrows. It has dense dark hair (pelage). Analysis of the teeth suggests a diet of leaves, buds, fruit, and certain kinds of insects as inferred by large [[Molar (tooth)|hypsodont]] teeth.<ref name="GMusser">{{Cite journal | ||
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The Flores giant rat (Papagomys armandvillei) is a rodent of the family Muridae that occurs on the island of Flores in Indonesia.[1] It has been recorded in Rutong Protection Forest. The species is found in primary, secondary and disturbed forest over a wide range of elevations.[2] Its head and body length is Script error: No such module "convert". and its tail length is Script error: No such module "convert".. These dimensions are about twice as large as those of a typical brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), which suggests about eight times the body mass.
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Papagomys armandvillei is the only extant species in the genus Papagomys, with another smaller species, Papagomys theodorverhoeveni, known from subfossil remains.[3] The specific epithet, armandvillei, honours the Dutch Jesuit missionary Cornelis J. F. le Cocq d'Armandville (1846–1896) who was stationed in the Dutch East Indies, and later in New Guinea.[4]
Guy Musser describes the Flores giant rat as having small, round ears, a chunky body, and a small tail, and as appearing to be adapted for life on the ground with refuge in burrows. It has dense dark hair (pelage). Analysis of the teeth suggests a diet of leaves, buds, fruit, and certain kinds of insects as inferred by large hypsodont teeth.[5]
The Flores giant rat has been suggested to have been a prey item of the extinct dwarf human species Homo floresiensis.[3]
Conservation
P. armandvillei is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List. Threats include subsistence hunting and predation by dogs and cats.[2]
See also
References
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