Large New Guinea spiny rat

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Large New Guinea spiny rat [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. praetor
Binomial name
Rattus praetor
(Thomas, 1888)

The large New Guinea spiny rat [1] (Rattus praetor) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [1] It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1482. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. ↑ Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rattus praetor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19358A115148371. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19358A22442599.en . Retrieved 8 March 2025.


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