Tawitawi forest rat
Rattus tawitawiensis Musser & Heaney, 1985
The tawitawi forest rat (Rattus tawitawiensis) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 180 g to 198 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the tawitawi forest rat
- Weight
- 180 g – 198 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 tawitawi forest rat live?
Not recorded
What is the tawitawi forest rat?
The Tawitawi forest rat or Tawitawi Island rat (Rattus tawitawiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines.
From the Wikipedia article “Tawitawi forest rat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tawitawi_forest_rat&oldid=1381780098), 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 tawitawi forest rat endangered?
The tawitawi forest 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 tawitawi forest rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus tawitawiensis Musser & Heaney, 1985
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Tawi-tawi forest ratEnglish
- Tawi-tawi forest ratEnglish
- Tawitawi island ratEnglish
- Tawitawi island ratEnglish
- tawinrottaFinnish
- タウイタウイクマネズミJapanese
- szczur skrytyPolish
- Тавитавийская крысаRussian
Relatives of the tawitawi forest 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
CompareTawitawi forest rat vs Brown ratTawitawi forest rat vs Black ratTawitawi forest rat vs Polynesian ratTawitawi forest rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the tawitawi forest rat?
An adult tawitawi forest rat weighs 180 g – 198 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the tawitawi forest rat endangered?
The tawitawi forest 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 tawitawi forest rat?
The tawitawi forest rat (Rattus tawitawiensis) 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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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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