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New Guinean 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. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Rattus novaeguineae Taylor & Calaby, 1982

The New Guinean rat (Rattus novaeguineae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in parts of central Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Dickman, C.; Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Rattus novaeguineae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19354A22442250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T19354A22442250.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. 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. 1480. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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