Timor rat

Timor rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Rattus
Species: R. timorensis
Binomial name
Rattus timorensis
Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991

The Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Indonesian West Timor. It is known from a specimen collected near the summit of Mount Mutis.

References

  1. Clayton, E. & Kennerley, R. (2017). "Rattus timorensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T19367A22445524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19367A22445524.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • 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. 1491–1492. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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