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Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Rattus burrus
The Nonsense rat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the nonsense rat
A young / baby of a nonsense rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A nonsense rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
India
Facts about the nonsense rat
The Nonsense Rat is currently listed as a vulnerable species (2003), and this particular species of rat is also endemic to India. (Full text)
The Nonsense Rat, Rattus burrus, is currently listed as a vulnerable species (2003), and this particular species of rat is also endemic to India. (Full text)
1. Rattus, genus Rattus -- (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)Rattus
genus Rattus
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