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Timor rat

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Timor rat
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. timorensis
Binomial name
Rattus timorensis
Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991

TheTimor rat(Rattus timorensis) is a species ofrodentin the familyMuridaefound inIndonesianWest Timor,[2]where it lives in the teak forests.[3]It is known from a specimen collected near the summit ofMount Mutis.[1]

References

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  1. ^abClayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2017)."Rattus timorensis".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T19367A22445524.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19367A22445524.en.Retrieved17 November2021.
  2. ^Musser, G. G.;Carleton, M. D. (2005)."Superfamily Muroidea".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.pp. 1491–1492.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
  3. ^Langton, Jerry (2014).Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top.St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 32.ISBN9781466872028.