Stein's rat
Stein's rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. steini
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Binomial name | |
Rattus steini Rümmler, 1935
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Stein's rat (Rattus steini), also known as the small spiny rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C. (2008). "Rattus steini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
- ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1489. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Van Deusen, H.M. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173:177-336.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Rattus
- Rodents of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Mammals described in 1935
- Murinae stubs