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Philippine forest rat Rattus everetti Least concern

Where the Philippine forest 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 1,189 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

Philippine forest rat: Rattus everetti
Photo: Gonzalez JCT, de Guia APO, Dimalibot JC, Pantua KV, Gustilo WO, Bantayan NC (2020) Understorey to canopy vertebrate faun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific nameRattus everetti
GroupMice, rats & other rodents
StatusLeast concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in1 country
ContinentsAsia
ClassMammal
OrderRodentia
FamilyMuridae

Where does the Philippine forest rat live?

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

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 Philippine forest rat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Philippine forest rat?

The Philippine forest rat (Rattus everetti) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Rattus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Philippine forest rat

The Philippine forest rat (Rattus everetti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines, and is located throughout the archipelago. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett. R. everetti is widespread throughout its range and feeds on a diet of fruit, seeds, worms and insects. There are no major threats to the species, which has been found to be competitively superior to introduced Rattus species in disturbed and undisturbed forest habitat.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Philippine forest rat (revision 1366550556), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763061 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).

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