Muennink's spiny rat
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| Muennink's spiny rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Tokudaia |
| Species: | T. muenninki |
| Binomial name | |
| Tokudaia muenninki (Johnson, 1946) | |
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Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Okinawa Island, Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
In March 2008, the first wild specimen in over 30 years was caught in the northern part of Okinawa island.[1]
References
Further reading
- Ishii, N. 2000. Tokudaia muenninki. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
External links
Data related to Tokudaia muenninki at Wikispecies
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