The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a rodent of the family Muridae that is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Gray described it in 1867 in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, and the accepted name in the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy is Rattus xanthurus. GBIF also records the name Northeastern Xanthurus Rat for it,. It belongs to the order Rodentia and the class Mammalia, and its range is confined to one part of a single island. The IUCN Red List category recorded by GBIF for this species is Least Concern, which means it has not been judged to be at significant risk of extinction.
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System (Realm) ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 1 ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Conservation Status Connections
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found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia
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1. GBIF: Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867) - GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
GBIFDistributions, IUCN Red List
threatStatus: LEAST_CONCERN
Handbook account, Food and Feeding
are frugivorous
Handbook account, Status and Conservation
probably threatened by logging
Handbook account, Status and Conservation, threats
agricultural expansion
Handbook account, Habitat
owland tropical evergreen moist forest
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found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead, group placement
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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