Cape York Rat

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Cape York Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Rattus Species group: R. leucopus Species: R. leucopus
Binomial name
Rattus leucopus (Gray, 1867)

The Cape York Rat (Rattus leucopus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus leucopus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.