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Rattus satarae (Sahyadris forest rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Sahyadris forest rat (Rattus satarae) is a species of rat belonging to the family Muridae. It is native to the northern Western Ghats in India where it is split between three regions, Satara in Maharashtra, the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu and Kodagu district in Karnataka.
View Wikipedia Record: Rattus satarae

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Rattus satarae

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  200 grams
Birth Weight [1]  5 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 months 13 days
Male Maturity [1]  3 months 22 days
Gestation [1]  22 days
Litter Size [1]  6
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  4 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0