Sahyadris Forest Rat

Sahyadris Forest RatThis rat was found alongside the black rat in high-altitude forest in the Nilgiri Mountains. A 2011 study distinguished a second form, usually with a pure white belly, as Rattus satarae.What does it look like?The second form distinguished in the study most often had a pure white belly. The paper treated this form as Rattus satarae.How does it live?This rat was found alongside the black rat in high-altitude forest in the Nilgiri Mountains. A 2011 study distinguished a second form, usually with a pure white belly, as Rattus satarae.A study in South India found it in dense, high-altitude forest living alongside Rattus rattus.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.