Sahyadris forest rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the Sahyadris forest rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Sahyadris forest rat in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to India.

India

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 Sahyadris forest rat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Sahyadris forest rat?

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

About the Sahyadris forest rat

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sahyadris forest rat (revision 1315249455), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2123526 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).