Komodomys Musser and Boeadi 1980

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 : 1339

Komodomys Musser and Boeadi 1980

Komodomys Musser and Boeadi 1980 , J. Mammal., 61: 397.

Type Species: Rattus rintjanus Sody 1941

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Komodomys rintjanus ( Sody 1941)

Discussion: Rattus Division. An endemic of Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Although cranial conformation is distinctive, dental morphology allies Komodomys to Papagomys , another endemic of Nusa Tenggara found only on Flores Isl ( Musser, 1981 c; Musser and Boeadi, 1980). Membership in a Rattus Division is supported by cranial and dental morphology ( Musser and Newcomb, 1983) along with albumin immunology ( Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b); the albumin data ties Komodomys more closely to Sulawesian Bunomys than to Papagomys . Recent unpublished allozyme electrophoresis analysis demonstrates a close relationship between K. rintjanus and Rattus timorensis (see that account). Curiously, Pavlinov et al. (1995 a) listed Komodomys , along with Papagomys in a Pithecheir Section of a more inclusive Micromys Group.