Short description: Species of rodent
| Cape York rat
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Scientific classification
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Mammalia
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| Order:
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Rodentia
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| Family:
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Muridae
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| Genus:
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Rattus
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| Species:
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R. leucopus
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| Binomial name
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Rattus leucopus
(Gray, 1867)
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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: e.T19340A115147292. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19340A22440091.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19340/115147292. Retrieved 14 November 2016. {{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1768405 entry
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