Timor rat

The Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Indonesian West Timor,[2] where it lives in the teak forests.[3] It is known from a specimen collected near the summit of Mount Mutis.[1]

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

References

  1. Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Rattus timorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19367A22445524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19367A22445524.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 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. pp. 1491–1492. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Langton, Jerry (2014). Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 32. ISBN 9781466872028.


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