Elegant margareta rat

Elegant margareta rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Margaretamys
Species:	M. elegans
Binomial name
Margaretamys elegans Musser, 1981

The elegant margareta rat (Margaretamys elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[2] It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.

References

1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Margaretamys elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T12796A22459186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T12796A22459186.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1359. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.