Luzon Forest Rat

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Luzon Forest Rat
The lower rodent shown is the Luzon Forest Rat
The lower rodent shown is the Luzon Forest Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Batomys
Species: B. granti
Binomial name
Batomys granti
Thomas, 1895

The Luzon Forest Rat or Luzon Hairy-Tailed Rat (Batomys granti) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in the Philippines.

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[edit] References

  • Heaney, L. 1996. Batomys granti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 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.