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Large New Guinea spiny rat

Rattus praetor (Thomas, 1888)

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Kobowre Mountains Indonesia
Tiyo Mountains Indonesia
Legare Mountains Indonesia
Hunstein Range Papua New Guinea
Bird's Head Peninsula Indonesia
Kumafa Mountains Indonesia
Tamrau Mountains Indonesia
Arfak Mountains Indonesia
Fakfak Mountains Indonesia
Wondiwoi Mountains Indonesia
Bomberai Hills* Indonesia
North Papuan Mountains Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Van Rees Mountains Indonesia
Foja Mountains Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
North Coastal Range of Papua New Guinea Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Cyclops Mountains Indonesia
Torricelli Mountains Papua New Guinea
Bewani Mountains Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Prince Alexander Mountains Papua New Guinea
Marienberg Hills Papua New Guinea
Serra Hills Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Batanta Highlands Indonesia
Salawati Highlands Indonesia
Guadalcanal Solomon Islands
Bougainville Island Papua New Guinea
Emperor Range Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago Papua New Guinea
New Britain Papua New Guinea
Whiteman Range Papua New Guinea
Nakanai Mountains Papua New Guinea
Baining Mountains Papua New Guinea
New Ireland Papua New Guinea
Hans Meyer Range Papua New Guinea
Schleinitz Range Papua New Guinea
Verron Range Papua New Guinea
Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea
Manus Island Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago (nn) Papua New Guinea

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