Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat
| Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to recent | |
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| Stuffed specimen of Diplothrix legata. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Diplothrix Thomas, 1916 |
| Species: | D. legata |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplothrix legata (Thomas, 1906) | |
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The Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat or Ryukyu rat (Diplothrix legata) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Diplothrix. It is found only in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Kaneko, Y. & Ishii, N. 2008. Diplothrix legata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Downloaded on 19 March 2012.
- ↑ Diplothrix legata. pir.uniprot.org
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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