Taeromys
Genus of rodents
Taeromys | |
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Taeromys callitrichus (upper animal) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Taeromys Sody, 1941 |
Type species | |
Mus (Gymnomys) celebensis | |
Species | |
Taeromys arcuatus |
Taeromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae found exclusively in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] It contains the following species:
- Salokko rat (Taeromys arcuatus)
- Lovely-haired rat (Taeromys callitrichus)
- Celebes rat (Taeromys celebensis)
- Sulawesi montane rat (Taeromys hamatus)
- Small-eared rat (Taeromys microbullatus)
- Sulawesi forest rat (Taeromys punicans)
- Tondano rat (Taeromys taerae)
References
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Genus Taeromys". 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. 1504–1507. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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