Vogelkop mountain rat

Vogelkop mountain rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Rattus
Species: R. arfakiensis
Binomial name
Rattus arfakiensis
Rümmler, 1935

The Vogelkop mountain rat (Rattus arfakiensis) is a species of rat native to Indonesia. It is found only in the Bird's Head Peninsula (possibly throughout the Arfak Mountains) of Papua Province, Indonesia.

References

  1. Leary, T. & Wright, D. (2016). "Rattus arfakienis [sic]". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136526A22443907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136526A22443907.en. Retrieved 10 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. p. 1465. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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