The Vogelkop mountain rat, Rattus arfakiensis, is a species of rat native to Indonesia.[2] It is found only in the Bird's Head Peninsula (possibly throughout the Arfak Mountains) of Papua Province, Indonesia.
| Vogelkop mountain rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. arfakiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus arfakiensis Rümmler, 1935
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References
edit- ^ Leary, T.; Wright, D. (2018). "Rattus arfakiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136526A128945951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136526A128945951.en. Retrieved 19 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. 1465. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.