Eastern Rat

Eastern Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species group: R. leucopus
Species: R. mordax
Binomial name
Rattus mordax
(Thomas, 1904)

The Eastern Rat (Rattus mordax) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

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