Giluwe rat
Rattus giluwensis Hill, 1960
The giluwe rat (Rattus giluwensis) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 101.1 g to 169.9 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the giluwe rat
- Weight
- 101.1 g – 169.9 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
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the giluwe rat live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The giluwe rat is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the giluwe rat?
The Giluwe rat (Rattus giluwensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Papua New Guinea, on Mount Giluwe and the subalpine grasslands of the Kaijende Highlands.
From the Wikipedia article “Giluwe rat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giluwe_rat&oldid=1313871544), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the giluwe rat endangered?
The giluwe rat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the giluwe rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus giluwensis Hill, 1960
Synonyms Rattus ruber giluwensis
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Mount Giluwe ratEnglish
- Mount Giluwe ratEnglish
- giluwenrottaFinnish
- ギルウェクマネズミJapanese
- szczur giluweńskiPolish
- Гилувеская крысаRussian
Relatives of the giluwe 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
CompareGiluwe rat vs Brown ratGiluwe rat vs Black ratGiluwe rat vs Polynesian ratGiluwe rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the giluwe rat?
An adult giluwe rat weighs 101.1 g – 169.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the giluwe rat live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the giluwe rat for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the giluwe rat endangered?
The giluwe rat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the giluwe rat?
The giluwe rat (Rattus giluwensis) 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.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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