Sulawesi giant rat
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Sulawesi giant rat Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Paruromys Ellerman, 1954 |
Species: | P. dominator
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Paruromys dominator | |
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The Sulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[3] It is monotypic in the genus Paruromys. The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line.[1] It is frugivorous and semiarboreal.[1] While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Paruromys dominator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Thomas, O. (1921). "On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muride from the East-Indian Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 7: 243–249. doi:10.1080/00222932108632519.
- ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Species Paruromys dominator". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1435. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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