Cape York rat

Cape York rat
Found in Indonesia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. leucopus
Binomial name
Rattus leucopus (Gray, 1867)

The Cape York rat (Rattus leucopus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in southern New Guinea, in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and in Cape York Peninsula in Australia.

References

1. Aplin, K.; Burnett, S. & Winter, J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rattus leucopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19340A115147292. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19340A22440091.en . Retrieved 14 November 2016.

• 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. 1472–1473. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.