Mentawai Rat

Rattus lugens

Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
IUCN status: VU
Distribution: Indonesia
Realm: Indomalaya

Other names: Mentawai Archipelago Rat

About this species

Range: Mentawai Islands: Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai and South Pagai

The Mentawai rat is found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, on Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai and South Pagai. The cached account gives nothing further (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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Mentawai Rat — CC-BY-SA-2.0 — Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors — via Openverse (Flickr) (source)