A replacement name for the endemic Rattus (Muridae, Mammalia) of the island of Obi, Indonesia

A replacement name for the endemic Rattus (Muridae, Mammalia) of the island of Obi, Indonesia

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The name Rattus obiensis Fabre, Portela Miguez, Holden, Kids Hoodies Fitriana, Semiadi, Musser, & Helgen, was recently applied to a newly discovered species of Rattus known to date only from the Moluccan island of Obi in Indonesia.However, this name is preoccupied by Rattus rattus obiensis Sody, 1941, a name applied Freewheels to a commensal rat and currently recognized as a synonym of Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844.A replacement name, Rattus ombirah Fabre et al., 2024.

nom.nov., is here proposed for the endemic Rattus of Obi.