New Guinean rat

Species of rodent

New Guinean rat

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

R. novaeguineae

Binomial name
Rattus novaeguineae

Taylor & Calaby, 1982

The New Guinean rat (Rattus novaeguineae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in parts of central Papua New Guinea.

## References

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1. ^ Dickman, C.; Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Rattus novaeguineae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19354A22442250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T19354A22442250.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ 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. 1480\. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Rattus)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordate
* Class: Mammalia
* Superorder: Euarchontoglires
* Order: Rodentia
* Family: Muridae

Abditomys|

* Luzon broad-toothed rat (A. latidens)

Bandicota
(Bandicoot rats)|

* Lesser bandicoot rat (B. bengalensis)
* Greater bandicoot rat (B. indica)
* Savile's bandicoot rat (B. savilei)

Berylmys
(White-toothed rats)|

* Small white-toothed rat (B. berdmorei)
* Bower's white-toothed rat (B. bowersi)
* Kenneth's white-toothed rat (B. mackenziei)
* Manipur white-toothed rat (B. manipulus)

Bullimus|

* Bagobo rat (B. bagobus)
* Camiguin forest rat (B. gamay)
* Lagre Luzon forest rat (B. luzonicus)

Bunomys|

* Andrew's hill rat (B. andrewsi)
* Yellow-haired hill rat (B. chrysocomus)
* Heavenly hill rat (B. coelestis)
* Fraternal hill rat (B. fratrorum)
* Karoko hill rat (B. karokophilus)
* Inland hill rat (B. penitus)
* Long-headed hill rat (B. prolatus)
* Tana Toraja hill rat (B. torajae)

Diplothrix|

* Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat (D. legatus)

Kadarsanomys|

* Sody's tree rat (K. sodyi)

Komodomys|

* Komodo rat (K. rintjanus)

Limnomys|

* Gray-bellied mountain rat (L. bryophilus)
* Mindanao mountain rat (L. sibuanus)

Nesokia|

* Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat (N. bunnii)
* Short-tailed bandicoot rat (N. indica)

Nesoromys|

* Ceram rat (N. ceramicus)

Palawanomys|

* Palawan soft-furred mountain rat (P. furvus)

Papagomys|

* Flores giant rat (P. armandvillei)

Paruromys|

* Sulawesi giant rat (P. dominator)

Paulamys|

* Flores long-nosed rat (P. naso)

Rattus
(Typical rats)|

* Enggano rat (R. enganus)
* Philippine forest rat (R. everetti)
* Polynesian rat (R. exulans)
* Hainald's rat (R. hainaldi)
* Halmahera Island rat (R. halmaheraensis)
* Hoogerwerf's rat (R. hoogerwerfi)
* Korinch's rat (R. korinchi)
* Nillu rat (R. montanus)
* Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat (R. morotaiensis)
* Kerala rat (R. ranjiniae)
* New Ireland forest rat (R. sanila)
* Andaman rat (R. stoicus)
* Timor rat (R. timorensis)

* R. norvegicus group: Himalayan field rat (R. nitidus)
* Brown rat (R. norvegicus)
* Turkestan rat (R. pyctoris)

* R. rattus group: Sunburned rat (R. adustus)
* Sikkim rat (R. andamanensis)
* Ricefield rat (R. argentiventer)
* Summit rat (R. baluensis)
* Aceh rat (R. blangorum)
* Nonsense rat (R. burrus)
* Hoffmann's rat (R. hoffmanni)
* Koopman's rat (R. koopmani)
* Lesser ricefield rat (R. losea)
* Mentawai rat (R. lugens)
* Mindoro black rat (R. mindorensis)
* Little soft-furred rat (R. mollicomulus)
* Osgood's rat (R. osgoodi)
* Palm rat (R. palmarum)
* Black rat (R. rattus)
* Sahyadris forest rat (R. satarae)
* Simalur rat (R. simalurensis)
* Tanezumi rat (R. tanezumi)
* Tawitawi forest rat (R. tawitawiensis)
* Malayan field rat (R. tiomanicus)

* R. xanthurus group: Bonthain rat (R. bontanus)
* Opossum rat (R. marmosurus)
* Peleng rat (R. pelurus)
* R. salocco
* Yellow-tailed rat (R. xanthurus)

* R. leucopus group: Vogelkop mountain rat (R. arfakiensis)
* Western New Guinea mountain rat (R. arrogans)
* Manus Island spiny rat (R. detentus)
* Sula rat (R. elaphinus)
* Spiny Ceram rat (R. feliceus)
* Giluwe rat (R. giluwensis)
* Japen rat (R. jobiensis)
* Cape York rat (R. leucopus)
* Eastern rat (R. mordax)
* Moss-forest rat (R. niobe)
* New Guinean rat (R. novaeguineae)
* Arianus's rat (R. omichlodes)
* Pocock's highland rat (R. pococki)
* Spiny rat (R. praetor)
* Glacier rat (R. richardsoni)
* Stein's rat (R. steini)
* Van Deusen's rat (R. vandeuseni)
* Slender rat (R. verecundus)

* R. fuscipes group: Dusky rat (R. colletti)
* Bush rat (R. fuscipes)
* Australian swamp rat (R. lutreolus)
* Dusky field rat (R. sordidus)
* Pale field rat (R. tunneyi)
* Rattus villosissimus (R. villosissimus)

Sundamys
(Giant Sunda rats)|

* Annandale's rat (S. annandalei)
* Mountain giant Sunda rat (S. infraluteus)
* Bartels's rat (S. maxi)
* Müller's giant Sunda rat (S. muelleri)

Taeromys|

* Salokko rat (T. arcuatus)
* Lovely-haired rat (T. callitrichus)
* Celebes rat (T. celebensis)
* Sulawesi montane rat (T. hamatus)
* Small-eared rat (T. microbullatus)
* Sulawesi forest rat (T. punicans)
* Tondano rat (T. taerae)

Tarsomys|

* Long-footed rat (T. apoensis)
* Spiny long-footed rat (T. echinatus)
* Kampalili moss mouse (T. orientalis)

Tryphomys|

* Luzon short-nosed rat (T. adustus)

See also

Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others

Taxon identifiers

Rattus novaeguineae|

* Wikidata: Q1763628
* Wikispecies: Rattus novaeguineae
* CoL: 78T8L
* EoL: 1179390
* GBIF: 2439264
* iNaturalist: 44590
* IRMNG: 11422240
* ITIS: 585542
* IUCN: 19354
* MDD: 1003650
* MSW: 13001767
* NCBI: 443911
* Observation.org: 87118
* Open Tree of Life: 795203
* Xeno-canto: Rattus-novaeguineae

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