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Stein's rat

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Stein's rat
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. steini
Binomial name
Rattus steini
Rümmler, 1935

Stein's rat(Rattus steini), also known as thesmall spiny rat,[1]is a species ofrodentin the familyMuridae.[2] It is found inWest Papua,IndonesiaandPapua New Guinea.

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References

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  1. ^abAplin, K. (2016)."Rattus steini".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T19364A22445902.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19364A22445902.en.Retrieved12 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.p. 1489.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
  • Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Van Deusen, H.M. 1982. A revision of the genusRattus(Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173:177-336.