Ryukyu Spiny Rat

Taxobox
name = Ryukyu Spiny Rat
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Tokudaia"
species = "T. osimensis"
binomial = "Tokudaia osimensis"
binomial_authority = (Y. Abe, 1934)
synonyms = The Ryukyu Spiny Rat ("Tokudaia osimensis") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found only in Japan.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

* Ishii, N. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21973/all Tokudaia osimensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. "Superfamily Muroidea", in D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds) "Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference" pp. 894-1531, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.