Rattus villosissimus
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| Rattus villosissimus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species group: | R. fuscipes |
| Species: | R. villosissimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) |
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Rattus villosissimus, the Australian Long-haired Rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Australia, where its core range is "the Barkly lake system of the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory and the Channel Country in Southwest Queensland and north-eastern South Australia".[2] The species occasionally undergoes irruptions outside this core range across large parts of Australia, reaching as far as Alice Springs in 2011.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder. Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 9780801882210. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA1494.
- ^ J. Woinarski & K. Aplin (2008). "Rattus villosissimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/19371. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
- ^ "Australian rats scurry to desert en masse after rains". BBC News. April 7, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12994713.
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