Educational resources on Maclear's Rat

Maclear's Rat or Rattus macleari is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Extinct . IUCN Profile of the Maclear's Rat

Academic web links for the Maclear's Rat.

Extinction: MaClear's Rat UWSP GEOG358 [Heywood]
MaClear's Rat (Rattus macleari) last collected in 1897 on Christmas Island; was most common mammal. 18" burrowing nocturnal atoll forest rodent herbivore endemic to
www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/extinctm/MacleRat.htm

ADW: Rattus: Classification
... Rattus macleari (Maclear's rat)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rattus.html

ADW: Rattus macleari: Classification
Rattus macleari (Maclear's rat) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Rattus_macleari.html

Boston University School of Theology Archives
The Maclear's Rat (Rattus macleari) was a large rat which lived on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. It was abundant, with numbers running in all directions at night.
sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Maclear%27s_Rat

www.uwsp.edu
MaClear's Rat: Rattus macleari: 1897: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: Bulldog Rat: Rattus nativitatis: 1897: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: Indonesian cave mouse
www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/Endangr/extinctm/extinctML.htm

www.uwsp.edu
MaClear's Rat: Rattus macleari: 1897: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: 18" burrowing nocturnal atoll forest rodent herbivore: introduction of rats and disease
www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/extinctm/extinctML.htm

Boston University School of Theology Archives
...dwelling mammal was first thought to be vanished by 1908 probably due to a black rat introduced trypanosoma disease which is also considered for the extinction of the Maclear's Rat
sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Christmas_Island...

Boston University School of Theology Archives
It is possible that their famous large population size was caused by the extinction of the endemic Maclear's Rat, Rattus macleari in 1903, which may have kept the crab's population
sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Christmas_Island...

John William Hamilton
...dwelling mammal was first thought to be vanished by 1908 probably due to a black rat introduced trypanosoma disease which is also considered for the extinction of the Maclear's Rat
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Christmas_Island_Shrew&...

Dallas Lore Sharp
It is possible that their famous large population size was caused by the extinction of the endemic Maclear's Rat, Rattus macleari in 1903, which may have kept the crab's population
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Christmas_Island_red_crab&...