Peleng rat
Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941
The peleng rat (Rattus pelurus) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 170.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the peleng rat
- Weight
- 170.3 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 peleng rat live?
Not recorded
What is the peleng rat?
The Peleng rat (Rattus pelurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only on Peleng Island off the southeastern coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
From the Wikipedia article “Peleng rat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peleng_rat&oldid=1382794218), 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 peleng rat endangered?
The peleng 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 peleng rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus pelurus Sody, 1941
Synonyms Rattus foramineus pelurus
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Peleng island xanthurus ratEnglish
- Peleng island xanthurus ratEnglish
- Peleng island yellow-tailed ratEnglish
- pelenginrottaFinnish
- キイロクマネズミJapanese
- szczur wyspowyPolish
- Пеленгская крысаRussian
Relatives of the peleng 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
ComparePeleng rat vs Brown ratPeleng rat vs Black ratPeleng rat vs Polynesian ratPeleng rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the peleng rat?
An adult peleng rat weighs 170.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the peleng rat endangered?
The peleng 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 peleng rat?
The peleng rat (Rattus pelurus) 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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