Timor rat
Rattus timorensis Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991
The timor rat (Rattus timorensis) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 160.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the timor rat
- Weight
- 160.3 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 timor rat live?
Not recorded
What is the timor rat?
The Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Indonesian West Timor, where it lives in the teak forests. It is known from a specimen collected near the summit of Mount Mutis.
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Is the timor rat endangered?
The timor rat is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
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How is the timor rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus timorensis Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Timor forest ratEnglish
- Timor forest ratEnglish
- krysa timorskáCzech
- timorinrottaFinnish
- ティモールクマネズミJapanese
- szczur timorskiPolish
- Тиморская крысаRussian
Relatives of the timor 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
CompareTimor rat vs Brown ratTimor rat vs Black ratTimor rat vs Polynesian ratTimor rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the timor rat?
An adult timor rat weighs 160.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the timor rat endangered?
The timor 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 timor rat?
The timor rat (Rattus timorensis) 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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