Korinch's rat (Rattus korinchi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in western Sumatra, Indonesia, and is only known from Mount Kerinci and Mount Talakmau, where it is endemic to high elevations above 2000 m. It is only known from two museum specimens collected early in the 20th century. Genetic analysis indicate its closest relative is (Rattus hoogerwerfi), another Sumatran mountain rat from which it diverged around 1.4 million years ago.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. korinchi
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus korinchi (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
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References
edit- ^ Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Rattus korinchi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T19339A22440359. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19339A22440359.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Miguel Camacho-Sanchez and Jennifer Leonard (2020) Mitogenomes reveal multiple colonization by Rattus in Sundaland. Journal of Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa014
- 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. 1472. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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