The rats of Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1959
Authors:Bentley, EW, Bathard, AH
Journal:Journal of Natural History
Volume:2
Pagination:365-368
Date Published:1959
ISBN Number:0374-5481
Keywords:Rattus rattus
Abstract:

Summary 1. A population of tree-living Rattus rattus from Addu Atoll is described. Both sexes, but especially the females, have an unusually high tail to head-plus-trunk ratio. 2. It is likely that the population reached Addu from Ceylon well before 1900 and is derived from the form R. r. kandianus Kelaart of that country. R. r. kandianus differs somewhat from the Addu form in its pleage characters but resembles it in possessing a high tail to head-plus-trunk ratio.

URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222935908655744
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