Vogelkop mountain rat

Vogelkop mountain rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. arfakiensis
Binomial name
Rattus arfakiensis
Rümmler, 1935

The Vogelkop mountain rat, Rattus arfakiensis, is a species of rat native to Indonesia.[2] It is found only in the Bird's Head Peninsula (possibly throughout the Arfak Mountains) of Papua Province, Indonesia.

References

  1. ^ Leary, T.; Wright, D. (2018). "Rattus arfakiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136526A128945951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136526A128945951.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1465. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.