Japen rat

The Japen rat, Rattus jobiensis, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, the large family that holds the true rats and mice. It is found only on the islands of Yapen, Biak-Supiori and Owi in West Papua, Indonesia, so its whole known range is a small group of islands within a single country. The English Wikipedia article about it is a short stub that gives its classification and range and cites Musser and Carleton's 2005 account of the superfamily Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World as its reference. This entry therefore records only what that lead states: the scientific name, the family, the three islands and the country. The article gives no description of its habitat, diet, size or way of life.