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
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=736
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.