Mimic tree rat

Mimic tree rat Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Xenuromys Tate & Archibold, 1914
Species:	X. barbatus
Binomial name
Xenuromys barbatus (Milne-Edwards, 1900)

The mimic tree rat, rock-dwelling giant rat, or rock-dwelling rat (Xenuromys barbatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Xenuromys barbatus. 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. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.