Yellow-tailed rat
Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867)
The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species in the family Muridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 303 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the yellow-tailed rat
- Weight
- 303 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
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the yellow-tailed rat live?
Not recorded
What is the yellow-tailed rat?
The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.
From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-tailed rat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-tailed_rat&oldid=1384639932), 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 yellow-tailed rat endangered?
The yellow-tailed 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 yellow-tailed rat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderRodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusRattus
- SpeciesRattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867)
Synonyms Mus faberi, Mus xanthura, Taeromys paraxanthus
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- Northeastern xanthurus ratEnglish
- Northeastern xanthurus ratEnglish
- Northeastern yellow-tailed ratEnglish
- جرذ أصفر الذيلArabic
- Nordöstliche GelbschwanzratteGerman
- keltahäntärottaFinnish
- Ratto coda gialla di SulawesiItalian
- キタキイロクマネズミJapanese
- szczur żółtoogonowyPolish
- Желтохвостая крысаRussian
Relatives of the yellow-tailed 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
CompareYellow-tailed rat vs Brown ratYellow-tailed rat vs Black ratYellow-tailed rat vs Polynesian ratYellow-tailed rat vs Ricefield rat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow-tailed rat?
An adult yellow-tailed rat weighs 303 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the yellow-tailed rat endangered?
The yellow-tailed 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 yellow-tailed rat?
The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) 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 - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - 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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