Korinch's rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Korinch's rat

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clayton, E. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2019 |title=Rattus korinchi |volume=2019 |page=e.T19339A22440359 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19339A22440359.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Rattus

| species = korinchi

| authority = (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

| synonyms =

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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.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