Maclear's Rat
Extinct circa 1904 • Christmas Island
"In 1896 Dr. Charles Andrews described the island's most common mammal: 'In every part I visited it occurred in swarms.' Dr. Andrews returned to Christmas Island in 1909 and found it little changed except for a few roads. But the Maclear's Rats were gone and so was the island's other rat."
Day, David. The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species. Hong Kong: Mclaren Pub., 1989. 234.
Smit, Joseph. Mus Macleari = Rattus Macleari. Digital image. 1887. Web. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MusMacleariSmit.jpg>.
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