Opossum rat
| Opossum rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. marmosurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus marmosurus Thomas, 1921[2]
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The opossum rat (Rattus marmosurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northern and central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
References
- ^ Aplin, K. (2016). "Rattus marmosurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19345A22442822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19345A22442822.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas, O. (1921). "On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muride from the East-Indian Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 7: 243–249. doi:10.1080/00222932108632519.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Species Rattus marmosurus". 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. 1474–1475. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
