Peleng rat

Peleng rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. pelurus
Binomial name
Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941

The Peleng rat (Rattus pelurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Peleng Island off the southeastern coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

1. Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. (2016). "Rattus pelurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. IUCN: e.T19357A115148247. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19357A22442517.en . Retrieved 12 December 2017.

• 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. pp. 1481–1482. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.