Rattus lutreolus Gray, 1841 . J. Two Exped. Aust., 2:409.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, South Australia, Torrens River .

DISTRIBUTION: Tasmania and adjacent islands, Victoria, S.E. South Australia, E. New South Wales, and E. Queensland (Australia).

COMMENT: Includes vellerosus; see Taylor and Horner, 1973, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 150 (l):55. Reviewed by Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169(2): 123.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058062001.