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Feiler's rat

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Feiler's rat
Dorsal view of a skull of R. feileri (Fig e.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. feileri
Binomial name
Rattus feileri
P.-H. Fabre, Miguez, Holden, Fitriana, Semiadi, Musser, & K. M. Helgen, 2023

Feiler's rat (Rattus feileri) is a newly described species of rat from Indonesia.[1][2]: 690  The species is known only from a holotype collected in 1938 on Taliabu Island, and stored in the State Museum of Zoology in Dresden. It is named after German zoologist Albert Feiler.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Rattus feileri (id=1006781)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  2. ^ a b Fabre, P. H.; Miguez, R. P.; Holden, M. E.; Fitriana, Y. S.; Semiadi, G.; Musser, G. G.; Helgen, K. M. (2023). "Review of Moluccan Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) with description of four new species". Records of the Australian Museum. 75 (5): 673–718. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1783.