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New Ireland Forest Rat

Rattus sanila

Classification

Family
Muridae

The New Ireland forest rat (Rattus sanila) is a large rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Description Rattus sanila is known only by the discovery of some 7 subfossil fragments of jaw dated to over 3,000 years old.

Distribution

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