Christine's margareta rat

Christine's margareta rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Margaretamys
Species:
M. christinae
Binomial name
Margaretamys christinae
Mortelliti, Castiglia, Amori, Maryanto & Musser, 2012

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.