Vogelkop mountain rat

Vogelkop mountain rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. arfakiensis
Binomial name
Rattus arfakiensis Rümmler, 1935

The Vogelkop mountain rat, Rattus arfakiensis, is a species of rat native to Indonesia. ^[2] It is found only in the Bird's Head Peninsula (possibly throughout the Arfak Mountains) of Papua Province, Indonesia.

References

1. Leary, T.; Wright, D. (2018). "Rattus arfakiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T136526A128945951. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136526A128945951.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite iucn}}: |volume= / |doi= mismatch, |date= / |doi= mismatch (help)
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. 1465. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.