Rattus adustus Sody, 1940:397
Burnished Enggano rat, Sunburned rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Rattus rattus adustus Sody, 1940:397
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1920 (Martin et al., 2023); 1936 (Sody, 1940)
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Sometimes listed as last recorded in 1920 (e.g. Martin et al., 2023). This seems to be an error of unknown origins since the original description (Sody, 1940) clearly states that the holotype was collected in 1936.
Distribution
Enggano island (=Pulau Enggano), West Sumatra, Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype (Aplin & Lunde, 2008).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sody, H. J. V. (1940). On the mammals of Enggano. Treubia 17: 391-405.
Other references:
Aplin, K. and Lunde, D. (2008). Rattus adustus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 September 2012.
Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E. (2013). Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica 145: 1-130. [0.158 kg min. mass estimate]
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Musser, G. G. and Heaney, L. R. (1985). Philippine Rattus: A new species from the Sulu Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 2818: 1-32.
Silva, M. B. and Downing, J. A. (1995). CRC handbook of mammalian body masses. CRC Press: 1-359.
Sody, H. J. V. (1941). On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies). Treubia 18: 255-325.
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