Hoogerwerf's rat (Rattus hoogerwerfi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after zoologist Andries Hoogerwerf and is found only in western Sumatra, Indonesia, including Mount Leuser, where it is found only above 2000 m. It is known from few museum specimens. Genetic analysis indicate its closest relative is Rattus korinchi, another Sumatran mountain rat from which it diverged around 1.4 million years ago.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. hoogerwerfi
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus hoogerwerfi Chasen, 1939
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References edit
- ^ Clayton, E. (2016). "Rattus hoogerwerfi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T19336A115147169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19336A22441662.en. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Miguel Camacho-Sanchez and Jennifer Leonard (2020) Mitogenomes reveal multiple colonization by Rattus in Sundaland. Journal of Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa014
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus hoogerwerfi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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