Yellow-tailed rat

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

Yellow-tailed rat
The upper one is the yellow-tailed rat

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. xanthurus
Binomial name
Rattus xanthurus
(Gray, 1867)

References

  1. Kennerley, R. & Clayton, E. (2016). "Rattus xanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19372A115150466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19372A22444970.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)


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