Hoogerwerf's rat (''Rattus hoogerwerfi'') is a species of

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in the family Muridae. It is named after zoologist Andries Hoogerwerf and is found only in western Sumatra,

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, including

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, 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.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

References

* Baillie, J. 1996.
Rattus hoogerwerfi

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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