Pocock's highland rat
Rattus pococki (Ellerman, 1941)
The pocock's highland rat (Rattus pococki) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 54.8 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 pocock's highland rat
- Weight
- 54.8 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
- 2.15src for Young per litter or clutch
- 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 pocock's highland 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 pocock's highland 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 pocock's highland rat?
Pocock's highland rat (Rattus pococki) is a species of rat of the family Muridae. It is native to New Guinea.
From the Wikipedia article “Pocock's highland rat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pocock%27s_highland_rat&oldid=1380890543), 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 pocock's highland rat endangered?
The pocock's highland 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 pocock's highland rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus pococki (Ellerman, 1941)
Synonyms Rattus niobe pococki, Stenomys pococki
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Pocock s New Guinea highland ratEnglish
- Pocock's New Guinea highland ratEnglish
- Pocock’s highland ratEnglish
- Pocock’s highland ratEnglish
- Pocock’s New Guinea highland ratEnglish
- Pocock’s New Guinea highland ratEnglish
- ニューギニアコウチクマネズミJapanese
- szczur wyżynnyPolish
Relatives of the pocock's highland 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
ComparePocock's highland rat vs Brown ratPocock's highland rat vs Black ratPocock's highland rat vs Polynesian ratPocock's highland rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the pocock's highland rat?
An adult pocock's highland rat weighs 54.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the pocock's highland rat live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the pocock's highland rat for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the pocock's highland rat endangered?
The pocock's highland 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 pocock's highland rat?
The pocock's highland rat (Rattus pococki) 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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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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