Enggano rat
Rattus enganus (Miller, 1906)
The enggano rat (Rattus enganus) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 305 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the enggano rat
- Weight
- 305 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the enggano rat live?
Not recorded
What is the enggano rat?
The Enggano Island rat (Rattus enganus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only on Enggano Island, Indonesia. It is critically endangered and has not been collected in more than a century, so is very possibly extinct.
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Is the enggano rat endangered?
The enggano rat is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.
How is the enggano rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus enganus (Miller, 1906)
Synonyms Mus enganus
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Enggano island ratEnglish
- Enggano island ratEnglish
- krysa engganskáCzech
- enganonrottaFinnish
- エンガノクマネズミJapanese
- szczur engańskiPolish
- Энганоская крысаRussian
Relatives of the enggano rat
Other species in the same genus Rattus.
Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Polynesian rat
Rattus exulans
Ricefield rat
Rattus argentiventer
Summit rat
Rattus baluensis
Bush rat
Rattus fuscipes
CompareEnggano rat vs Brown ratEnggano rat vs Black ratEnggano rat vs Polynesian ratEnggano rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the enggano rat?
An adult enggano rat weighs 305 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the enggano rat endangered?
The enggano rat is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the enggano rat?
The enggano rat (Rattus enganus) belongs to the family Muridae in the order Rodentia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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