Slender rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Slender rat Rattus verecundus Least concern

Where the slender rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 16 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Rattus verecundus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the slender rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the slender rat in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Papua New Guinea

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the slender rat endangered?

The slender rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the slender rat?

The slender rat (Rattus verecundus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Rattus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the slender rat

The slender rat (Rattus verecundus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Slender rat (revision 1338400077), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1761956 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).