Stumble this page!Timor rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Rattus timorensis
The Timor rat is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Timor rat
A young / baby of a Timor rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Timor rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Facts about the Timor rat
Timor Rat or Rattus timorensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)