Christine's margareta rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Margaretamys |
Species: | M. christinae
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Binomial name | |
Margaretamys christinae Mortelliti, Castiglia, Amori, Maryanto & Musser, 2012
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Christine's margareta rat (Margaretamys christinae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi, in a mountainous part of the southeastern peninsula. It was first discovered by an expedition led by Alessio Mortelliti in 2011.