Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat

Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Diplothrix Thomas, 1916
Species:	D. legata
Binomial name
Diplothrix legata (Thomas, 1906)
Synonyms
Diplothrix legatus[1][2]

The Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat or Ryukyu Rat (Diplothrix legata) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Diplothrix. It is found only in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/6671/0
2. ^ http://pir.uniprot.org/taxonomy/106283

• Ishii, N. 2000. Diplothrix legata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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/browse.asp?id=13001337.