Enggano rat
Enggano rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. enganus
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Binomial name | |
Rattus enganus (Miller, 1906)
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The Enggano Island rat (Rattus enganus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Enggano Island, Indonesia. It is critically endangered and has not been collected in more than a century, so is very possibly extinct.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rattus enganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19328A115146310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19328A22444254.en. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- 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. p. 1468. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.