Yellow-tailed rat

Yellow-tailed rat
The upper one is the yellow-tailed rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. xanthurus
Binomial name
Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867)

The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

1. Kennerley, R. & Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rattus xanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19372A115150466. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19372A22444970.en .

• 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. 1494. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.