Komodo Rat

Taxobox
name = Komodo Rat
fossil_range = Recent
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Komodomys"
genus_authority = Musser & Boeadi, 1980
species = "K. rintjanus"
binomial = "Komodomys rintjanus"
binomial_authority = (Sody, 1941)
synonyms = The Komodo Rat ("Komodomys rintjanus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11050/all Komodomys rintjanus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 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.