Hoffmann's rat

Hoffmann's rat (Rattus hoffmanni) is a rodent in the family Muridae that is found only in Indonesia, where it lives throughout Sulawesi and on Malenge island in the Togian Islands. It is nocturnal and often shelters in dense foliage. Adults have a head and body length of 142 to 211 mm, a tail of 145 to 210 mm, large rubbery grey-brown ears, long black whiskers, brown feet and a black ring around each eye, and they weigh between 90 and 250 g; juveniles are darker and softer than adults. It lives in lowland and montane tropical forests described as cool and moist, and around streams. It feeds mainly on plants, but stomach contents have also held insects such as fruit flies and beetles, probably taken while eating figs, together with fig pulp and seeds, stems, leaves, Eugenia and Areca vestiaria.