Watts's spiny rat

Watts's spiny rat
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Maxomys
Species:	M. wattsi
Binomial name
	Maxomys wattsi; Musser, 1991

Last updated October 06, 2025

Watts's spiny rat (Maxomys wattsi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

↑ Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Maxomys wattsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T12906A115108361. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12906A22455568.en . Retrieved 14 March 2023.

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. 1373. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn-1] Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Maxomys wattsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T12906A115108361. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12906A22455568.en . Retrieved 14 March 2023.

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Watts's spiny rat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Maxomys
Species:	M. wattsi
Binomial name
*Maxomys wattsi* Musser, 1991