Sulawesian shrew rat
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| Sulawesian Shrew Rat Temporal range: Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister, 1921 |
| Species: | M. naso |
| Binomial name | |
| Melasmothrix naso Miller & Hollister, 1921 |
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The Sulawesian Shrew Rat (Melasmothrix naso) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Melasmothrix. It is found only in Indonesia.
References [edit]
- Baillie, J. 1996. Melasmothrix naso. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 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.
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