Celebes rat

The Celebes rat, Taeromys celebensis, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia, which makes it an endemic of that single large island rather than a widespread Asian rat. It was described by John Edward Gray in 1867, and the parentheses around the authority in the taxonomic record show that it was first described under a different genus before being moved to Taeromys. The International Union for Conservation of Nature assesses it as Least Concern under version 3.1 of its Red List system. The source article is a short stub that cites the Musser and Carleton treatment of the Muroidea in Mammal Species of the World, so this entry records only the classification, range and conservation assessment that it states.