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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