The Mentawai rat, also called the Mentawai Archipelago rat (Rattus lugens), is a rodent in the family Muridae found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia. Wikipedia records it on the islands of Siberut, Sipora, Pagai Utara (North Pagai) and Pagai Selatan (South Pagai), and the Mammal Diversity Database describes the archipelago as lying off the coast of southwest Sumatra. The database notes that G. S. Miller described the species in 1903 from North Pagai Island, places it in the tribe Rattini with the other true rats of the genus Rattus, and lists its IUCN Red List status as Vulnerable.
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It is found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia
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It is found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead, rodent group
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
Child Taxon Of: Muridae, Lead, family
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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