- Mindoro Climbing Rat
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Mindoro Climbing Rat
Temporal range: RecentConservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Anonymomys
Musser, 1981Species: A. mindorensis Binomial name Anonymomys mindorensis
Musser, 1981The Mindoro Climbing Rat or Mindoro Rat (Anonymomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. It is the only species in the genus Anonymomys. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Heaney, L. & Esselstyn, J. (2008). Anonymomys mindorensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 February 2009.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.