Tate's shrew rat

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Tate's Shrew Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Tateomys
Species: T. rhinogradoides
Binomial name
Tateomys rhinogradoides
Musser, 1969

Tate's Shrew Rat (Tateomys rhinogradoides) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in Indonesia. The species is named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate.[3]

References

  1. Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Tateomys rhinogradoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
  2. 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. p. 1508. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 592 (see p. 405). ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903. 
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