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Large New Guinea spiny rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. praetor
Binomial name
Rattus praetor (Thomas, 1888)

The large New Guinea spiny rat (Rattus praetor) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.

References

1. ^ 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. 1482. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K. & Dickman, C. (2008). "Rattus praetor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 2013-01-06.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

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