Moss-forest Rat

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Moss-forest Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species: R. niobe
Binomial name
Rattus niobe
(Thomas, 1906)
Synonyms

Stenomys niobe Thomas, 1906

The Moss-forest Rat (Rattus niobe) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Stenomys niobe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 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.
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