The southeastern xanthurus rat (Rattus salocco) is a rodent of the genus Rattus known only from the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, where it has been found between 300 and 1,500 metres above sea level. Only three specimens are known, and the last were collected in 1932 on the mountain Tanke Salokko, so the species is poorly understood and the IUCN Red List lists it as Data Deficient. It is usually treated as a subspecies or synonym of Rattus xanthurus, but the 2005 edition of Mammal Species of the World recognised it as a separate species more closely related to Rattus marmosurus.
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This species is known only from the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi
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The IUCN Red List therefore lists the species as Data Deficient.
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This species is known only from the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi
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The southeastern xanthurus rat (Rattus salocco), is a rodent of the genus Rattus.
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The southeastern xanthurus rat (Rattus salocco), is a rodent of the genus Rattus.
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