The sunburned rat (''Rattus adustus'') is a species of

rat Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include '' Neotoma'' (pack rats), '' Bandicota'' (bandicoo ...

from Enggano Island in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. It is only known from the

holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ...

and has not been recorded since its description in 1940.

References

Rattus Rats of Asia Endemic fauna of Indonesia Rodents of Indonesia Mammals described in 1940 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN Taxa named by Henri Jacob Victor Sody {{Rattus-stub