Back جرذ طويل الأوبار Arabic جرذ طويل الاوبار ARZ Rattus villosissimus AST Tovol (Rattus villosissimus) AVK Rattus villosissimus Byelorussian Rattus villosissimus BE-X-OLD Rattus villosissimus Catalan Rattus villosissimus CEB Australische Langhaarratte German Rattus villosissimus Spanish
| Long-haired rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. villosissimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus villosissimus | |
The long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae which is native to Australia.[2] The long-haired rat is well known for its population irruptions over vast areas of Australia which is the basis of its alternative common name, the plague rat.[3] Most of the research on the long-haired rat has been conducted during times of massive population fluctuations and therefore little is known about their biology in a non-eruptive period.[3]
- ^ Waite, E. R. (1898). "Observations on Muridae from Central Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 10: 114–128.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Native Mammals of Australiawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Van Dyck, Steve (2008). The Mammals of Australia. New Holland Publishers. pp. 700–701. ISBN 9781877069253.
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