Tondano rat
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| Tondano Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Taeromys |
| Species: | T. taerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Taeromys taerae (Sody, 1932) | |
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The Tondano Rat (Taeromys taerae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. Taeromys taerae is a peninsular highland in the north east of the island and the rat is morphological relative of T. hamatus, which is found only in central Sulawesian mountains.[1]
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Taeromys taerae. 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.
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