Turkestan rat
| Turkestan rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species group: | R. norvegicus |
| Species: | R. pyctoris |
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus pyctoris (Hodgson, 1845) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
turkestanicus (Satunin, 1903) | |
The Turkestan rat (Rattus pyctoris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, and Pakistan.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus turkestanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.