| Taeromys | |
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| Taeromys callitrichus (upper animal) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Rattini |
| Genus: | Taeromys Sody, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Mus (Gymnomys) celebensis | |
| Species | |
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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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