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Hoogerwerf's Sumatran Rat

Rattus hoogerwerfi Chasen, 1939

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Rattus hoogerwerfi

Rattus hoogerwerfi

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Open encyclopedia reference

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.

Wikipedia contributors, Hoogerwerf's rat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:04:18.636226+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rattus hoogerwerfi Chasen, 1939
Name authority
Chasen, 1939
Common name
Hoogerwerf's Sumatran Rat
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Rattus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
  12. suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
  13. superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
  14. familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
  15. subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
  16. genusRattus Fischer, 1803
  17. speciesRattus hoogerwerfi Chasen, 1939

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rattus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Burnished Enggano RatRattus adustus Sody, 1940MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Indochinese Forest RatRattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Annandale's Sundaic RatRattus annandalei (Bonhote, 1903)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ricefield RatRattus argentiventer (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Kinabalu RatRattus baluensis (Thomas, 1894)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Southwestern Xanthurus RatRattus bontanus Thomas, 1921MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Nicobar Archipelago RatRattus burrus (Miller, 1902)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Australian Dusky RatRattus colletti (Thomas, 1904)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sula Archipelago RatRattus elaphinus Sody, 1941MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Enggano Island RatRattus enganus (Miller, 1906)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Philippine Forest RatRattus everetti (Günther, 1879)MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hainald's Flores Island RatRattus hainaldi Kitchener, How & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991MuridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 672 records assigned to Muridae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585526 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4RM54. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.