Sulawesi giant rat
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Species of rodent
| Sulawesi giant rat Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
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Scientific classification
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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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TheSulawesi giant rat(Paruromys dominator) is a species ofrodentin the familyMuridae.[3]It ismonotypicin thegenusParuromys.The species isendemictoSulawesiinIndonesia,where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line.[1]It isfrugivorousand semiarboreal.[1]While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by bothhabitat destructionand subsistence hunting.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdMusser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008)."Paruromys dominator".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2008.Retrieved26 June2011.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
- ^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)."SpeciesParuromys dominator".InWilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M. (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.p. 1435.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
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