Mentawai long-tailed giant rat
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| Mentawai long-tailed giant rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
[edit]- ^ Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Leopoldamys siporanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11521A22434628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11521A22434628.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 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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