Luzon hairy-tailed rat

Luzon forest rat
The lower rodent shown is the Northern Luzon shrew-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Batomys
Species: B. granti
Binomial name
Batomys granti
Thomas, 1895

The Luzon forest rat or Luzon hairy-tailed rat (Batomys granti) is one of five species of rodent in the genus Batomys. It is in the diverse family Muridae. This species is found only in the Philippines.

References

  1. Dando, T. & Kennerley, R. (2017). "Batomys granti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T111876319A22449418. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  • Heaney, L. 1996. Batomys granti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
  • 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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