Mentawai rat

Species of rodent

Mentawai rat
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. lugens
Binomial name
Rattus lugens
(Miller, 1903)

The Mentawai Archipelago rat (Rattus lugens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, on the islands of Siberut, Sipora, Pagai Utara (North Pagai island), and Pagai Selatan (South Pagai island).

References

  1. ^ Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rattus lugens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19342A115147552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19342A22440504.en. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  • Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus lugens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Rattus)
Abditomys
  • Luzon broad-toothed rat (A. latidens)
Bandicota
(Bandicoot rats)
  • Lesser bandicoot rat (B. bengalensis)
  • Greater bandicoot rat (B. indica)
  • Savile's bandicoot rat (B. savilei)
Berylmys
(White-toothed rats)
  • Small white-toothed rat (B. berdmorei)
  • Bower's white-toothed rat (B. bowersi)
  • Kenneth's white-toothed rat (B. mackenziei)
  • Manipur white-toothed rat (B. manipulus)
Bullimus
  • Bagobo rat (B. bagobus)
  • Camiguin forest rat (B. gamay)
  • Lagre Luzon forest rat (B. luzonicus)
Bunomys
  • Andrew's hill rat (B. andrewsi)
  • Yellow-haired hill rat (B. chrysocomus)
  • Heavenly hill rat (B. coelestis)
  • Fraternal hill rat (B. fratrorum)
  • Karoko hill rat (B. karokophilus)
  • Inland hill rat (B. penitus)
  • Long-headed hill rat (B. prolatus)
  • Tana Toraja hill rat (B. torajae)
Diplothrix
  • Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat (D. legatus)
Kadarsanomys
  • Sody's tree rat (K. sodyi)
Komodomys
  • Komodo rat (K. rintjanus)
Limnomys
  • Gray-bellied mountain rat (L. bryophilus)
  • Mindanao mountain rat (L. sibuanus)
Nesokia
  • Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat (N. bunnii)
  • Short-tailed bandicoot rat (N. indica)
Nesoromys
  • Ceram rat (N. ceramicus)
Palawanomys
  • Palawan soft-furred mountain rat (P. furvus)
Papagomys
  • Flores giant rat (P. armandvillei)
Paruromys
  • Sulawesi giant rat (P. dominator)
Paulamys
  • Flores long-nosed rat (P. naso)
Rattus
(Typical rats)
  • Enggano rat (R. enganus)
  • Philippine forest rat (R. everetti)
  • Polynesian rat (R. exulans)
  • Hainald's rat (R. hainaldi)
  • Hoogerwerf's rat (R. hoogerwerfi)
  • Korinch's rat (R. korinchi)
  • Nillu rat (R. montanus)
  • Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat (R. morotaiensis)
  • Kerala rat (R. ranjiniae)
  • New Ireland forest rat (R. sanila)
  • Andaman rat (R. stoicus)
  • Timor rat (R. timorensis)
  • R. norvegicus group: Himalayan field rat (R. nitidus)
  • Brown rat (R. norvegicus)
  • Turkestan rat (R. pyctoris)
  • R. rattus group: Sunburned rat (R. adustus)
  • Sikkim rat (R. andamanensis)
  • Ricefield rat (R. argentiventer)
  • Summit rat (R. baluensis)
  • Aceh rat (R. blangorum)
  • Nonsense rat (R. burrus)
  • Hoffmann's rat (R. hoffmanni)
  • Koopman's rat (R. koopmani)
  • Lesser ricefield rat (R. losea)
  • Mentawai rat (R. lugens)
  • Mindoro black rat (R. mindorensis)
  • Little soft-furred rat (R. mollicomulus)
  • Osgood's rat (R. osgoodi)
  • Palm rat (R. palmarum)
  • Black rat (R. rattus)
  • Sahyadris forest rat (R. satarae)
  • Simalur rat (R. simalurensis)
  • Tanezumi rat (R. tanezumi)
  • Tawitawi forest rat (R. tawitawiensis)
  • Malayan field rat (R. tiomanicus)
  • R. xanthurus group: Bonthain rat (R. bontanus)
  • Opossum rat (R. marmosurus)
  • Peleng rat (R. pelurus)
  • R. salocco
  • Yellow-tailed rat (R. xanthurus)
  • R. leucopus group: Vogelkop mountain rat (R. arfakiensis)
  • Western New Guinea mountain rat (R. arrogans)
  • Manus Island spiny rat (R. detentus)
  • Sula rat (R. elaphinus)
  • Spiny Ceram rat (R. feliceus)
  • Giluwe rat (R. giluwensis)
  • Japen rat (R. jobiensis)
  • Cape York rat (R. leucopus)
  • Eastern rat (R. mordax)
  • Moss-forest rat (R. niobe)
  • New Guinean rat (R. novaeguineae)
  • Arianus's rat (R. omichlodes)
  • Pocock's highland rat (R. pococki)
  • Spiny rat (R. praetor)
  • Glacier rat (R. richardsoni)
  • Stein's rat (R. steini)
  • Van Deusen's rat (R. vandeuseni)
  • Slender rat (R. verecundus)
  • R. fuscipes group: Dusky rat (R. colletti)
  • Bush rat (R. fuscipes)
  • Australian swamp rat (R. lutreolus)
  • Dusky field rat (R. sordidus)
  • Pale field rat (R. tunneyi)
  • Rattus villosissimus (R. villosissimus)
Sundamys
(Giant Sunda rats)
  • Annandale's rat (S. annandalei)
  • Mountain giant Sunda rat (S. infraluteus)
  • Bartels's rat (S. maxi)
  • Müller's giant Sunda rat (S. muelleri)
Taeromys
  • Salokko rat (T. arcuatus)
  • Lovely-haired rat (T. callitrichus)
  • Celebes rat (T. celebensis)
  • Sulawesi montane rat (T. hamatus)
  • Small-eared rat (T. microbullatus)
  • Sulawesi forest rat (T. punicans)
  • Tondano rat (T. taerae)
Tarsomys
  • Long-footed rat (T. apoensis)
  • Spiny long-footed rat (T. echinatus)
Tryphomys
  • Luzon short-nosed rat (T. adustus)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Rattus lugens


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