Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 1935

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1475

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scientific name	Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 1935
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Rattus mollicomulus Tate and Archbold 1935 , Am. Mus . Novit., 802: 4.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi, SW Sulawesi, Gunung Lampobatang, Wawokaraeng, 1500 m .

Vernacular Names: Lampobatang Sulawesi Rat.

Distribution: Known only from higher slopes of Gunung Lampobatang , Sulawesi ( Musser and Holden, 1991).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Rattus rattus species group. Morphological and distributional limits outlined by Musser and Holden (1991), who also provided past historical allocations of the name. Closest relative is R. hoffmanni , which occurs in lowlands of the SW peninsula and throughout the rest of Sulawesi (see that account).