Eastern rat

Eastern rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. mordax
Binomial name
Rattus mordax (Thomas, 1904)

The eastern rat (Rattus mordax) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Rattus mordax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19349A22443314. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19349A22443314.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• 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. p. 1476. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.