Mindoro climbing rat
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Mindoro climbing rat Temporal range: Recent
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Genus: | Anonymomys Musser, 1981
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Species: | A. mindorensis
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Anonymomys mindorensis Musser, 1981
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The Mindoro climbing rat or Mindoro rat (Anonymomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in the Philippines. It is the only species in the genus Anonymomys. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
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- ^ Musser, Guy G. "Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 168, article 3." (1981).
- 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.