Japen rat

Japen 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. jobiensis
Binomial name
Rattus jobiensis Rümmler, 1935

The Japen rat (Rattus jobiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Yapen, Biak-Supiori, and Owi islands of West Papua, Indonesia.

References

1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Rattus jobiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T19337A22439944. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19337A22439944.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. 1472. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.