Species profile—Uromys caudimaculatus (giant white-tailed rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Uromys caudimaculatus (giant white-tailed rat)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867)
- Common name
- giant white-tailed rat
- WildNet taxon ID
- 736
- Alternate name(s)
- white-tailed rat
Hinchinbrook Island uromys - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=736.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
