Luzon hairy-tailed rat

Luzon forest rat
The lower rodent shown is the Northern Luzon shrew-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Batomys
Species:	B. granti
Binomial name
Batomys granti Thomas, 1895

The Luzon forest rat or Luzon hairy-tailed rat (Batomys granti) is one of five species of rodent in the genus Batomys. It is in the diverse family Muridae. This species is found only in the Philippines. This species was the first of the five to be identified and stayed the sole indicator for the genus for roughly 75 years, until 1988. Majority of this species lives on Mount Data which is one of several mountains in the Cordillera Mountains region of Northern Luzon.

References

• Heaney, L. 1996. Batomys granti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.
• Balete, D. & Rickart, E. & Heaney, L. A new species of Batomys (Muridae, Rodentia) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines. BioOne Complete. Retrieved 11 April 2019.