Biology:Dusky field rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. sordidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858)
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The dusky field rat (Rattus sordidus), also known as the canefield rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Australia , Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. In Australia it is found in northern Queensland and along the east coast as far south as Shoalwater Bay, where it is plentiful, and on South West Island in the Sir Edward Pellew Group off the Northern Territory, where it is considered a threatened species.[2]
References
- ↑ Aplin, K.; Helgen, K.; Dickman, C.; Burnett, S. (2016). "Rattus sordidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19363A115149502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19363A22445978.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19363/115149502. Retrieved 10 March 2023.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ Woinarski, John; Ward, Simon (Dec 2012). "Canefield Rat". Northern Territory Government. https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/205477/canefield-rat.pdf.
Sources
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus sordidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=.
Wikidata ☰ Q1767051 entry
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