Hoogerwerf's rat

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Hoogerwerf's rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. hoogerwerfi
Binomial name
Rattus hoogerwerfi
Chasen, 1939

Hoogerwerf's rat (Rattus hoogerwerfi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after zoologist Andries Hoogerwerf and is found only in western Sumatra, Indonesia, including Mount Leuser, where it is found only above 2000 m. It is known from few museum specimens. Genetic analysis indicate its closest relative is Rattus korinchi, another Sumatran mountain rat from which it diverged around 1.4 million years ago. [2]

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References

  1. Clayton, E. (2016). "Rattus hoogerwerfi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2016: e.T19336A115147169. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19336A22441662.en . Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. Miguel Camacho-Sanchez and Jennifer Leonard (2020) Mitogenomes reveal multiple colonization by Rattus in Sundaland. Journal of Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa014