Maclear's rat

Meaning

Noun

Rattus macleari (species), a brown rat once endemic to Christmas Island, now extinct.

Origin

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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