Nillu Rat

Nillu Rat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. montanus
Binomial name
Rattus montanus Phillips, 1932

The Nillu Rat (Rattus montanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sri Lanka.

References

• de A. Goonatilake, W.I.L.D.P.T.S. & Molur, S. 2008. Rattus montanus. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 October 2009.
• Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.