Leopoldamys
Genus of rodents
Leopoldamys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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Leopoldamys sabanus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Leopoldamys Ellerman, 1947 |
Type species | |
Mus sabanus | |
Species | |
Leopoldamys ciliatus |
Leopoldamys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia.[1] It contains the following species:
- Sundaic mountain long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys ciliatus)
- Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys diwangkarai)
- Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys edwardsi)
- Millet's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys milleti)
- Neill's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys neilli)
- Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus)
- Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys siporanus)
References
- ^ 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. pp. 1346–1349. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)
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Colomys |
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Nilopegamys |
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Zelotomys (Stink mice) |
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Crunomys |
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Sommeromys |
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Anonymomys |
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Chiromyscus |
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Dacnomys |
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Leopoldamys (Long-tailed giant rats) |
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Niviventer (White-bellied rats) |
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Saxatilomys |
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Srilankamys |
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Tonkinomys |
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Dasymys (Shaggy swamp rats) |
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Echiothrix |
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Golunda |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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