Slender rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Slender rat

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Wright, D. | author2 = Singadan, R. | author3 = Seri, L. | author4 = Allison, A. | author5 = Aplin, K. | author6 = Helgen, K. | author7 = James, R. | author8 = Dickman, C. | name-list-style = amp | title = Rattus verecundus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T20761A115160029 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20761/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20761A22441519.en | access-date = 13 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Rattus

| species = verecundus

| authority = (Thomas, 1904)

| synonyms =

Stenomys verecundus Thomas, 1904

}}

The slender rat (Rattus verecundus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.