Rattus enganus Miller 1906

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus enganus; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335469; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8FE68975B9DDB5CA8EF16DCC9F3476ED

Rattus enganus Miller 1906 Rattus enganus Miller 1906, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus., 30: 821. Type Locality: Indonesia, Pulau Enggano (southwest of Sumatra and off the continental margin). Vernacular Names: Enggano Island Rat. Distribution: Known only from Pulau Enggano. Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered. Discussion: Rattus species group unresolved. Represented only by the holotype. Some cranial, dental, and external features resemble those in R. macleari from Christmas Isl and R. xanthurus from Sulawesi, but the holotype of R. enganus is morphologically distinctive; determining its phylogenetic affinities within Rattus will require more specimens from Pulau Enggano and revisionary study of the genus (Musser and Newcomb, 1983). In addition to R. enganus and R. adustus , there is a single specimen of R. tiomanicus (USNM 140975) collected on Pulau Enggano. Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1468, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535