Biology:Moss-forest rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Moss-forest rat | |
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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. niobe
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus niobe (Thomas, 1906)
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
- 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. p. 1476. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001764.
Wikidata ☰ Q644713 entry
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