Mentawai rat

rodent
Also known as: Rattus lugens

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  • brown rat
    In rat: General features

    …as the Mentawai rat (R. lugens) native to islands off the west coast of Sumatra. It has brownish black upperparts and a grayish black belly. Although the tail is uniformly gray to dark brown in most rats (sometimes nearly black), a few species show one of two bicoloured patterns:…

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