Opossum rat

Opossum 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. marmosurus
Binomial name
Rattus marmosurus Thomas, 1921 [2]

The opossum rat (Rattus marmosurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northern and central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Rattus marmosurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19345A22442822. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19345A22442822.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Thomas, O. (1921). "On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muride from the East-Indian Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 7 (39): 243–249. doi:10.1080/00222932108632519.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Species Rattus marmosurus". 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. 1474–1475. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.