Rattus adustus Sody 1940

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus adustus; Rattus rattus; Lunde; Lynx
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6868939; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E30E27534C1FF70E198287072298A78

676. Burnished Enggano Rat Rattus adustus French: Rat basané / German: Indonesische Glattfellratte / Spanish: Rata de Enggano pulida Other common names: Burnished Rat, Sunburnt Rat Taxonomy. Rattus adustus Sody, 1940, sea level, Kiojoh, off the coast of W Sumatra (and offthe continental shelf), Pulau Enggano, Indonesia. Phylogenetic position of Rattus adustus is uncertain, but itis probably related to R. lugens and R. simalurensis. It is only known from the type specimen. Monotypic. Distribution. EngganoI, off SW Sumatra. Descriptive notes. Head-body 180 mm, tail 148 mm, ear 22 mm, hindfoot 42 mm (from type specimen). Nospecific data are available for body weight. The Burnished Enggano Rat is medium-sized, with short and harsh pelage having many hard spines mixed throughout. Dorsum is very dark brown (hence the common name); venter is dark brownish gray. Ears are dark. Tail is black and 82% of head-body length. Skull is larger than in the EngganoIsland Rat (R. enganus). There are five pairs of mammae: two pectoral and three inguinal pairs. Habitat. Probably forest habitats. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Burnished Enggano Rat is in critical need for research because it is only known from the type specimen collected in 1920 and virtually nothing is known ofits ecology. It (and the EngganoIsland Rat) could be extinct. It is probably threatened by habitat loss because Enggano’s forests have been almost completely destroyed and competition with the Roof Rat (R. rattus). Bibliography. Aplin & Lunde (2008b), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musser & Heaney (1985), Sody (1940, 1941). Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 836, DOI: ...