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The Mentawai Archipelago rat (''Rattus lugens'') 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 found only in the
Mentawai Islands Mentawai may refer to: * Mentawai Islands * Mentawai Strait * Mentawai people * Mentawai language The Mentawai language is an Austronesian language, spoken by the Mentawai people of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Dialects Ac ...
of
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
, on the islands of
Siberut Siberut is the largest and northernmost of the Mentawai Islands, located 150 kilometres west of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. It covers an area of 3,838.25 km2 including smaller offshore islands, and had a population of 35,091 at the 2010 Cens ...
, Sipora, Pagai Utara (North Pagai island), and Pagai Selatan (South Pagai island).


References

* Baillie, J. 1996.
Rattus lugens

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 19 July 2007. * Rattus Rats of Asia Endemic fauna of Indonesia Mentawai Islands Regency Rodents of Indonesia Vulnerable fauna of Asia Mammals described in 1903 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rattus-stub