Species profile—Rattus villosissimus (long-haired rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Rattus villosissimus (long-haired rat)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898)
- Common name
- long-haired rat
- WildNet taxon ID
- 735
- Alternate name(s)
- plague rat
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=735
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.