Annandale's Rat foraging in a decaying
coconut palm in young secondary forest, Singapore.
Order : RODENTIA
Family : Muridae
Species : Rattus annandalei
Head-Body Length : Up to 22 cm
Tail Length : Up to 27 cm
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Annandale's or Singapore
Rat inhabits secondary forest including abandoned rural scrub, and former
rubber or coconut palm plantations. It seldom occurs in true primary forest.
At night this rat can be found foraging amongst fallen branches, low scrub
and lowermost tree limbs.
Its dorsal fur is greyish-brown, and the underside is generally pale yellow
but sometimes white : demarcation between its dorsal and ventral fur
is quite sharp. The tail is long and nearly naked, and the eye medium in
size.
Annandale's Rat is found in in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, and parts
of Sumatra.
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