Sri Lankan Mountain Rat

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. Range The Nillu rat is only found in Knuckles, Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya, and Ohiya in the central highlands of Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka.

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Rattus montanus es una especie de roedor de la familia Muridae. Distribución geográfica Se encuentra sólo en Sri Lanka. Referencias Bibliografía Musser, G.