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Sula rat

species of mammal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ924471 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Sula rat (Rattus elaphinus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in Indonesia, on Taliabu and Mangole islands in the Sula Archipelago. On Sanana island, only the introduced Rattus tanezumi and Rattus exulans are found.

References

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. p. 1468.

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The public source identifies “Sula rat” as species of mammal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sula, species and mammal.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 1468—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sula, species and mammal providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Sula rat” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.