Biology:Moss-forest rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Moss-forest rat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. niobe
Binomial name
Rattus niobe
(Thomas, 1906)
Synonyms

Stenomys niobe Thomas, 1906

The moss-forest rat (Rattus niobe) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Names

It is known as katgn in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[2]

References

  1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C. (2016). "Rattus niobe". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016: e.T20758A115159918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20758A22440022.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20758/0. Retrieved 9 December 2017. 
  2. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.

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