Mindoro black rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Mindoro black rat Rattus mindorensis Least concern

Where the Mindoro black rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 132 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Rattus mindorensis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Mindoro black rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Mindoro black rat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Mindoro black rat endangered?

The Mindoro black rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Mindoro black rat?

The Mindoro black rat (Rattus mindorensis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Rattus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Mindoro black rat

The Mindoro black rat (Rattus mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in hilly and forested areas of Mindoro island, the Philippines.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mindoro black rat (revision 1314930126), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1766472 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).