Cape York Rat

Cape York rat
	Found in Indonesia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. leucopus
Binomial name
	Rattus leucopus; (Gray, 1867)

Short description: Species of rodent

The Cape York rat (Rattus leucopus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in southern New Guinea, in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and in Cape York Peninsula in Australia.

References

↑ Aplin, K.; Burnett, S.; Winter, J. (2016). "Rattus leucopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19340A22440091.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19340/22440091. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1472-1473. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001752.

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[iucn-1] Aplin, K.; Burnett, S.; Winter, J. (2016). "Rattus leucopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19340A22440091.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19340/22440091. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

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Cape York rat

Found in Indonesia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. leucopus
Binomial name
*Rattus leucopus* (Gray, 1867)