Yellow-tailed rat

Yellow-tailed rat
The upper one is the yellow-tailed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Rattus
Species: R. xanthurus
Binomial name
Rattus xanthurus
(Gray, 1867)

The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

  1. Kennerley, R. & Clayton, E. (2016). "Rattus xanthurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T19372A115150466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19372A22444970.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. p. 1494. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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