Sunburned rat
Rattus adustus Sody, 1940
The sunburned rat (Rattus adustus) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 158 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the sunburned rat
- Weight
- 158 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 sunburned rat live?
Not recorded
What is the sunburned rat?
The sunburned rat (Rattus adustus) is a species of rat from Enggano Island in Indonesia. It is only known from the holotype and has not been recorded since its description in 1940.
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Is the sunburned rat endangered?
The sunburned 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 sunburned rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus adustus Sody, 1940
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Burnished Enggano ratEnglish
- Burnished Enggano ratEnglish
- جرذ حروق الشمسArabic
- Rata de la Isla de EngganoSpanish
- ahavarottaFinnish
- エンガノツヤクマネズミJapanese
- szczur ogorzałyPolish
- Загорелая крысаRussian
Relatives of the sunburned 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
CompareSunburned rat vs Brown ratSunburned rat vs Black ratSunburned rat vs Polynesian ratSunburned rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sunburned rat?
An adult sunburned rat weighs 158 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sunburned rat endangered?
The sunburned 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 sunburned rat?
The sunburned rat (Rattus adustus) 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
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