India, Nov. 11 -- In a significant achievement for wildlife research in Northeast India, senior wildlife biologist Sourav Gupta, has co-authored the 2025 IUCN Red List assessment of Millard's Rat (Dacnomys millardi), resulting in its reclassification from "Data Deficient" to "Least Concern," Aaranyak, a wildlife organisation, stated on Tuesday evening.

The reassessment, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), was carried out jointly by Gupta and Abi Gazzard, Programme Officer at the IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group, of which Gupta is also a member.

Millard's Rat plays a crucial ecological role as a seed disperser and a key component of the forest food web First described in 1916, Millard's Rat, is a...