The glacier rat is a rodent of the family Muridae with the scientific name Rattus richardsoni. It is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands, where it is recorded near Puncak Trikora, also called Mount Wilhelmina, and near Puncak Jaya, also called the Carstensz Pyramid, in West Papua, Indonesia. Its altitudinal range runs from 3,225 to 4,500 metres, or about 10,581 to 14,764 feet, above sea level, a high-mountain range. The article also lists William Bebb Richardson under see also. The source is a short encyclopedia article, so other details of its biology are not given in the pages read for this entry.
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It is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands near Puncak Trikora (=Mt. Wilhelmina) and Puncak Jaya (=Carstensz Pyramid), West Papua, Indonesia.
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It is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands near Puncak Trikora (=Mt. Wilhelmina) and Puncak Jaya (=Carstensz Pyramid), West Papua, Indonesia.
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The glacier rat (Rattus richardsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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The glacier rat (Rattus richardsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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