Maclear's rat


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Maclear's rat

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Rattus macleari

 

The Maclear's rat is listed as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the Maclear
A young / baby of a Maclear is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Maclear group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.

Facts about the Maclear's rat

Maclear's Rat or Rattus macleari is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Extinct . (Full text)

1. Rattus, genus Rattus -- (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)
Rattus
genus Rattus
(Source WordNet)

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