Delacour's Marmoset Rat

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Delacour's Marmoset Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Hapalomys
Species: H. delacouri
Binomial name
Hapalomys delacouri
Thomas, 1927

Delacour's Marmoset Rat (Hapalomys delacouri) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Hapalomys delacouri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.