Luzon broad-toothed rat

Luzon broad-toothed rat
Temporal range: Recent
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Abditomys
Musser, 1982[2]
Species: A. latidens
Binomial name
Abditomys latidens
(Sanborn, 1952)[3][4]

The Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.

References

  1. ↑ Heaney, L. (2008). "Abditomys latidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Musser, Guy G. (1982). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 107. A New Genus of Arboreal Rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines". American Museum Novitates (2730): 1–23. hdl:2246/5340.
  3. ↑ Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1952). "Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946–1947". Fieldiana: Zoology. 33 (2): 125–128.
  4. ↑ "Abditomys latidens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  • 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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