| the gastrointestinal helminths of rattus niobe (rodentia: muridae) with descriptions of two new genera and three new species (nematoda) from papua new guinea and papua indonesia. | cestodes, to be identified elsewhere, the acanthocephalan moniliformis moniliformis and 15 species of nematode including 2 new genera, a new species and 2 putative new species from the families heligmonellidae and oxyuridae, as well as juveniles and a putative heligmonellid that could not be fully identified, were collected from the digestive tracts of 34 rattus niobe (muridae: murinae: rattini) from papua, indonesia and papua new guinea. the ascaridid, toxocara mackerrasae, the chabertiid cyclo ... | 2016 | 27395168 |
| thermal energetics of the new-guinean moss-forest rat (rattus niobe) in comparison with other tropical murid rodents. | the thermal energetics of rodents from cool, wet tropical highlands are poorly known. metabolic rate, body temperature and thermal conductance were measured in the moss-forest rat, rattus niobe (rodentia), a small murid endemic to the highlands of new guinea. these data were evaluated in the context of the variation observed in the genus rattus and among tropical murids. in 7 adult r. niobe, basal metabolic rate (bmr) averaged 53.6±6.6mlo2h(-1), or 103% of the value predicted for a body mass of ... | 2014 | 24679978 |