Habitat
This species is known only from the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, where it has been found at altitude. Only three specimens of this poorly understood species are known; the last were collected in 1932 at the mountain Tanke Salokko. The IUCN Red List therefore lists the species as Data Deficient.Classification
Although ''R. salocco'' is usually considered a subspecies or synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Rattus xanthurus'', ''R. salocco'' was recognized as a separate species more closely related to ''Rattus marmosurus, R. marmosurus'' in the 2005 third edition of ''Mammal Species of the World''.References
Notes
* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1769534 Rattus Rodents of Indonesia Mammals described in 1935