Stein's rat

Stein's 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. steini
Binomial name
Rattus steini Rümmler, 1935

Stein's rat (Rattus steini), also known as the small spiny rat, ^[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. ^[2] It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

• Rattus steini baliemensis  [ nl ]
• Rattus steini foersteri  [ nl ]
• Rattus steini hageni  [ nl ]
• Rattus steini steini  [ nl ]

References

1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Rattus steini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19364A22445902. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19364A22445902.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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. 1489. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.

• Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Van Deusen, H.M. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173:177-336.