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Yellow-tailed rat

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Species of rodent

Yellow-tailed rat
The upper one is the yellow-tailed rat
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species: R. xanthurus
Binomial name
Rattus xanthurus
(Gray, 1867)

The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

References

  1. Kennerley, R. & Clayton, E. (2017) . "Rattus xanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19372A115150466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19372A22444970.en.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Rattus)
Abditomys
Bandicota
(Bandicoot rats)
Berylmys
(White-toothed rats)
Bullimus
Bunomys
Diplothrix
Kadarsanomys
Komodomys
Limnomys
Nesokia
Nesoromys
Palawanomys
Papagomys
Paruromys
Paulamys
Rattus
(Typical rats)
Sundamys
(Giant Sunda rats)
Taeromys
Tarsomys
Tryphomys
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Rattus xanthurus


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