Cape York rat
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Cape York rat | |
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| Found in Indonesia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. leucopus
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| Binomial name | |
| 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. 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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