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| Yellow-tailed rat | |
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| The upper one is the yellow-tailed rat | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. xanthurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867) | |
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The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Achmadi, A.S.; Fahri, F.; Gazzard, A.; Inayah, N.; Lanusi, A.A.; Nangoy, M.; Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P.; Rowe, K.C. (2024). "Rattus xanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T19372A233249282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T19372A233249282.en.
- ↑ "Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ 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. 1494. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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