Kerala rat
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| Kerala Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. ranjiniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal & Ghosal, 1969 |
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The Kerala Rat (Rattus ranjiniae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and swamps.
References [edit]
- CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. Rattus ranjiniae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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