Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How, and Maharadatunkamsi, 1991. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 15:557. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Pulau Flores, Gunung Ranakah, 1300 m, above Kampong Robo, Desa Longko, 8 km SSE Ruteng. DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Flores Isl. COMMENTS: Represented by two specimens (Kitchener et al., 1991c). Phylogenetic affinities uncertain, possibly allied to native Australian and New Guinea species of Rattus.

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 653, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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