The nonsense rat, Rattus burrus, also called the Nicobar Archipelago rat or Miller's Nicobar rat, is a rodent endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India. It lives only on Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar and Trinket, in isolated populations, and inhabits tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forest. On Car Nicobar Island other rats, Rattus palmarum and Rattus andamanensis, live instead. Miller first described it in 1902 and placed it in the genus Mus; it is now classified in Rattus. Where the name nonsense rat comes from is uncertain, because Miller gave no common name in his original description. The IUCN classifies it as endangered.
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is endemic to the Nicobar Islands in India
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1. Nonsense rat (Wikipedia)
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is endemic to the Nicobar Islands in India
Habitat, land habitats
It inhabits tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
Rattus burrus
Child Taxon Of: Rattus, Lead, genus
Today it is classified in the genus Rattus
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
View the Source2. iNaturalist: iNaturalist taxon record for Rattus burrus
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"extinct": false
Taxon record, IUCN Red List status
"status_name": "endangered"
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