Mindoro climbing rat

Mindoro climbing rat; Temporal range: Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Anonymomys; Musser, 1981
Species:	A. mindorensis
Binomial name
	Anonymomys mindorensis; Musser, 1981

The Mindoro climbing rat or Mindoro rat (Anonymomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in the Philippines, and is known only from Ilong Peak in the Halcon Mountains. It is the only species in the genus Anonymomys. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Heaney, L. & Esselstyn, J. (2008). "Anonymomys mindorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Musser, Guy G. "Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 168, article 3." (1981).

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1258. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Heaney, L. & Esselstyn, J. (2008). "Anonymomys mindorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Musser, Guy G. "Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 168, article 3." (1981).