Mimic Tree-Rat
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| Mimic Tree-rat Fossil range: Recent |
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| Xenuromys barbatus (Milne-Edwards, 1900) |
The Mimic Tree-rat, Rock-dwelling Giant Rat, or Rock-dwelling Rat (Xenuromys barbatus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Xenuromys barbatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

