Mimic tree rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Tribe:	Hydromyini
Genus:	Xenuromys Tate &Archbold, 1941
Species:	X. barbatus
Binomial name
Xenuromys barbatus (Milne-Edwards, 1900)

Themimic tree rat,rock-dwelling giant rat, orrock-dwelling rat (Xenuromys barbatus) is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae found inWest Papua,Indonesia andPapua New Guinea.

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005)."Superfamily Muroidea". InWilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.

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