Elegant margareta rat

The elegant margareta rat (Margaretamys elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The Mammal Diversity Database credits the species to G. G. Musser, who described it in 1981, and gives the type locality as Gunung Nokilalaki at 1980 metres in central Sulawesi, with the holotype held under the number MZB 12151. It places the species in the genus Margaretamys within the tribe Rattini of the subfamily Murinae, notes the alternative common name elegant margaretamys, assigns it to the Australasian biogeographic realm and lists its IUCN Red List status as Vulnerable. Beyond its range on Sulawesi, little else is stated about its biology in the sources read for this entry.