Stein's rat
| Stein's rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. steini
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus steini Rümmler, 1935
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Stein's rat (Rattus steini), also known as the small spiny rat,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Subspecies
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Aplin, K. (2016). "Rattus steini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19364A22445902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19364A22445902.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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. 1489. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Van Deusen, H.M. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173:177-336.
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