Maclear's rat

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Maclear's rat

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Etymology Named after Captain John Maclear (1838–1907) of the British survey-ship HMS Flying-fish, who collected the specimen from Christmas Island in 1886.

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Obsolete Rattus macleari, a species of brown rat once endemic to Christmas Island, now extinct.

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