| Nillu rat | |
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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. montanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rattus montanus Phillips, 1932
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The Nillu rat or Sri Lankan mountain rat (Rattus montanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sri Lanka where it is known as நில்ளு எலி (Nillu Eli) in Tamil and නෙලූ මීයා(Nelu Meeya) in Sinhalese.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2019). "Rattus montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T19348A22443205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T19348A22443205.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ [1] "Rattus montanus (Nillu rat), http://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/926513"
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Rattus montanus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.