Slender rat
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Slender rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. verecundus
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Binomial name | |
Rattus verecundus (Thomas, 1904)
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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.
Names
It is known as sjang in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]
References
- ^ Wright, D.; Singadan, R.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Helgen, K.; James, R. & Dickman, C. (2016). "Rattus verecundus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T20761A115160029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20761A22441519.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- 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. 1493. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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