Slender rat
Slender rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. verecundus |
Binomial name | |
Rattus verecundus (Thomas, 1904) | |
Synonyms | |
Stenomys verecundus (Thomas, 1904 |
The slender rat (Rattus verecundus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Stenomys verecundus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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