Glacier rat

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Glacier Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species: R. richardsoni
Binomial name
Rattus richardsoni
(Tate, 1949)
Synonyms

Stenomys richardsoni (Tate, 1949)

The glacier rat (Rattus richardsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.

References

  1. Leary, T., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Wright, D., Aplin, K. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Rattus richardsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 February 2010. 


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