Komodo rat (Redirected from Komodomys)

Komodo rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Komodomys
Musser & Boeadi, 1980
Species:
K. rintjanus
Binomial name
Komodomys rintjanus
(Sody, 1941)

The Komodo rat or Nusa Tenggara Komodomys, (Komodomys rintjanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in Rintja, Padar, Lomblen, and Pantar islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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



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