Moluccan prehensile-tailed rat

Moluccan prehensile-tailed 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. morotaiensis
Binomial name
Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945

The Moluccan prehensile-tailed rat (Rattus morotaiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Halmahera Islands of Indonesia, including Morotai, Halmahera, and Batjan islands.

References

1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Rattus morotaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T19350A22443402. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19350A22443402.en . Retrieved 15 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.