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Van Deusen's rat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. vandeuseni
Binomial name
Rattus vandeuseni Taylor & Calaby, 1982
Synonyms
Stenomys vandeuseni (Taylor & Calaby, 1982)

Van Deusen's rat (Rattus vandeuseni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the mountains of southeast Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Leary, T.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Helgen, K.; Wright, D.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C. (2008). "Rattus vandeuseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T20760A9229741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T20760A9229741.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

• 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. 1493. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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