Squirrel-toothed Rat Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Genus: | Anisomys Thomas, 1904 |
Species: | A. imitator |
Binomial name | |
Anisomys imitator Thomas, 1904 |
The Squirrel-toothed Rat, New Guinea Giant Rat, Powerful-toothed Rat, Uneven-toothed Rat, or Narrow-toothed Giant Rat (Anisomys imitator),[2] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Anisomys. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.