Trefoil-toothed giant rat

Trefoil-toothed giant rat
Temporal range: Recent
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Trefoil-toothed giant rat by Adolph Bernhard Meyer
Illustration by Adolf Bernhard Meyer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Lenomys
Thomas, 1898
Species: L. meyeri
Binomial name
Lenomys meyeri
(Jentink, 1879)

The trefoil-toothed giant rat (Lenomys meyeri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is located throughout the island.

References

  1. ↑ Cassola, F. (2016). "Lenomys meyeri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T11498A22435649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11498A22435649.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1345. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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