Timor rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Distinguish|Timor giant rat}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Timor rat

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Clayton, E. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2017 |title=Rattus timorensis |volume=2017 |page=e.T19367A22445524 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19367A22445524.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| genus = Rattus

| species = timorensis

| authority = Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991

| synonyms =

}}

The Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Indonesian West Timor,{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001787 | pages = 1491-1492}} where it lives in the teak forests.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gVpGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT32 |page=32 |title=Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top |first=Jerry |last=Langton |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |year=2014 |isbn=9781466872028}} It is known from a specimen collected near the summit of Mount Mutis.