Kerala rat

Short description: Species of rodent

Kerala rat

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Rodentia
Family:  | Muridae
Genus:  | Rattus
Species:  |

R. ranjiniae

Binomial name
Rattus ranjiniae

Agrawal & Ghosal, 1969

The Kerala rat or Ranjini’s field rat,[1] (Rattus ranjiniae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in Kerala, India . In Kerala, it is known only from fragmented locations in Alappuzha, Thrissur, and Thiruvananthapuram. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and swamps.[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Molur, S. (2016). "Rattus ranjiniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19359A115148504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19359A22442694.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19359/115148504. {{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
2. ↑ CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. Rattus ranjiniae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

## Further reading

* 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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=.

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