Mimic tree rat

Mimic tree rat
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Xenuromys
Tate & Archibold, 1914
Species: X. barbatus
Binomial name
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 family Muridae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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