Timor rat

Timor rat
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. timorensis
Binomial name
	Rattus timorensis; Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991

The Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Indonesian West Timor,[2] where it lives in the teak forests.[3] It is known from a specimen collected near the summit of Mount Mutis.[1]

References

Clayton, E. & Kennerley, R. (2017). "Rattus timorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19367A22445524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19367A22445524.en.
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. pp. 1491–1492. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Langton, Jerry (2014). Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 32. ISBN 9781466872028.

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[iucn-1] Clayton, E. & Kennerley, R. (2017). "Rattus timorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19367A22445524. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19367A22445524.en.

[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. pp. 1491–1492. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[3] Langton, Jerry (2014). Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 32. ISBN 9781466872028.