Slender rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. verecundus
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Binomial name | |
Rattus verecundus (
Thomas, 1904)
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Synonyms | |
Stenomys verecundus Thomas, 1904 |
The slender rat (Rattus verecundus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
It is known as sjang in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. [2]