| Komodo Rat Temporal range: Recent |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Komodomys Musser & Boeadi, 1980 |
| Species: | K. rintjanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Komodomys rintjanus (Sody, 1941) |
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The Komodo Rat (Komodomys rintjanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.