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Species of rodent

Spiny long-footed rat
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Tarsomys
Species: T. echinatus
Binomial name
Tarsomys echinatus
Musser & Heaney, 1992

The spiny long-footed rat (Tarsomys echinatus), also known as the Mindanao spiny rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in Mindanao, Philippines, in Bukidnon and South Cotabato provinces. It has been recorded in lowland areas around Mount Kitanglad and Mount Matutum.

References

  1. ^ Kennerley, R. (2019). "Tarsomys echinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21496A22459733. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T21496A22459733.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 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. p. 1507. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Rattus)
Abditomys
Bandicota
(Bandicoot rats)
Berylmys
(White-toothed rats)
Bullimus
Bunomys
Diplothrix
Kadarsanomys
Komodomys
Limnomys
Nesokia
Nesoromys
Palawanomys
Papagomys
Paruromys
Paulamys
Rattus
(Typical rats)
Sundamys
(Giant Sunda rats)
Taeromys
Tarsomys
Tryphomys
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Tarsomys echinatus


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