The Andaman rat (''Rattus stoicus'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the
Andaman Islands, where it has been recorded on
Henry Lawrence Island,
South Andaman
South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of the Great Andaman and is home to the majority of the population of the Andaman Islands.
It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman a ...
, and
Middle Andaman
Middle Andaman Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Geography
The island belongs to the Great Anda ...
.
[ It is a nocturnal species that lives in tropical evergreen forests from sea level to above sea level.][
]
References
Rattus
Rats of Asia
Endemic fauna of the Andaman Islands
Rodents of India
Mammals described in 1902
Taxa named by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr.
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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