Mentawai long-tailed giant rat
| Mentawai long-tailed giant rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Leopoldamys |
| Species: | L. siporanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leopoldamys siporanus (Thomas, 1895)
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The Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys siporanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the Mentawai Islands archipelago off the west coast of Sumatra, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- Baillie, J. 1996. Leopoldamys siporanus. 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. 1348–1349. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Rats of Asia
- Leopoldamys
- Endemic fauna of Indonesia
- Rodents of Indonesia
- Fauna of Sumatra
- Mentawai Islands Regency
- Vulnerable fauna of Asia
- Mammals described in 1895
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