Leopoldamys
| Leopoldamys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Leopoldamys Ellerman, 1947 |
| Species | |
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Leopoldamys ciliatus | |
Leopoldamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:
- Sundaic mountain long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys ciliatus)
- Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi)
- Millet's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys milleti)
- Neill's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys neilli)
- Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus)
- Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys siporanus)
References
- 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.