Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat

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Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Leopoldamys Species: L. neilli
Binomial name
Leopoldamys neilli (Marshall, 1976)

Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat (Leopoldamys neilli) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Leopoldamys neilli. 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.