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Mindoro black rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Rattus mindorensis
The Mindoro black 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 Mindoro black rat
A young / baby of a Mindoro black rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Mindoro black rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Philippines
Facts about the Mindoro black rat
Mindoro Black Rat or Rattus mindorensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2c. (Full text)
1. Rattus, genus Rattus -- (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)Rattus
genus Rattus
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