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Species of rodent
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Enggano rat
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species: R. enganus
Binomial name
Rattus enganus
(Miller, 1906)

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.

References

  1. ^ Gerrie, R. & Kennerley, R. (2017) . "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.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Rattus)
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(Bandicoot rats)
Berylmys
(White-toothed rats)
Bullimus
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Diplothrix
Kadarsanomys
Komodomys
Limnomys
Nesokia
Nesoromys
Palawanomys
Papagomys
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Paulamys
Rattus
(Typical rats)
Sundamys
(Giant Sunda rats)
Taeromys
Tarsomys
Tryphomys
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Rattus enganus
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